Egypt
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, arson, rape,...
- News items in the archive
- 626
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Egypt is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 626 news items on Egypt, from 1999 to today.
In Egypt capital punishment is applied both by the ordinary courts and by terrorism courts, and sentences not infrequently come at the end of collective trials with dozens of defendants. The method is hanging.
Human rights organisations report sentences founded on contested confessions and limits on the right to a defence. The archive gathers sentences, executions and the individual cases the association follows.
Latest news
- JANUARY 11, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
10 EGYPTIAN MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER GANG RAPE
a judge in Egypt sentenced 10 men to death for the crime of gang rape. The court heard
- JANUARY 1, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 23, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTY
an Egyptian court sentenced three Syrian men to death by hanging for trafficking heroin and opium
an Egyptian court sentenced three Syrian men to death by hanging for trafficking heroin and opium
DECEMBER 7, 2008QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: APPEALS COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN MAID MURDER CASE
a Doha Appeals Court commuted the death sentence given to a 31 year old Egyptian woman, accused of
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: EGYPTIAN HANDED EIGHTH DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD RAPE
a Kuwait court handed down two more death sentences to an Egyptian man accused of abducting and raping 17 children, a legal source said. Jihad Al-Saadi, 27, was arrested in July, 2007.
- MAY 29, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTY
ARAB LEGISLATIONS GO FAR BEYOND ISLAMIC LAW
Tahar Boumedra, the Penal Reform International (PRI) Regional Director for the
MAY 26, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY BY TWO YEARS
Egypt extended a controversial decades-old state of emergency by tw
- MAY 4, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN HANDED FOURTH DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD RAPE
a Kuwait court handed down a fourth death sentence on a 27 year old Egyptian man accused of abducting and raping 17 children, a legal source said
- APRIL 6, 2008QatarDEATH PENALTY
a Doha appeals court in Qatar acquitted an Egyptian man...
a Doha appeals court in Qatar acquitted an Egyptian man...
- JANUARY 24, 2008LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libyan authorities executed Emad Abdul Wahed...
Libyan authorities executed Emad Abdul Wahed...
- JANUARY 15, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT COURT CONDEMNS EGYPTIAN TO DEATH FOR CHILD RAPE
Kuwait's criminal court sentenced an Egyptian man to death after convicting him of raping several children, a legal source said.
- JANUARY 1, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 31, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT MP SENTENCED TO DEATH
a parliamentarian in Egypt was sentenced to death in absentia in December.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Egypt voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
DECEMBER 4, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT. TOP MUSLIM CLERIC SAYS DEATH PENALTY SHOULD NOT BE ABOLISHED
One of Egypt's prominent Muslim leaders has rejected calls to abolish the death penalty, saying it is an
- NOVEMBER 2, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTES EGYPTIAN FOR PRACTISING "WITCHCRAFT"
Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian man convicted of "sorcery", desecrating the Muslim holy book and adultery, the official news agency said.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JORDAN FOR MURDER
the Criminal Court in Amman, Jordan, sentenced Ahmad M., a 22 year old Egyptian man, to death after convicting him of murdering Midhat Ibrahim, 31, also an Egyptian, over JD200 in a deserted area in Wadi Seer in December, 2005.
- JUNE 13, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
TEN EGYPTIANS ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY IN LIBYA
ten Egyptians on the death row in Libya escaped capital punishment after the families of their victims accepted blood money in return for pardoning them, said an Egyptian diplomat.
- MAY 26, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
in Libya, the execution of an Egyptian citizen...
in Libya, the execution of an Egyptian citizen...
- MAY 25, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs...
the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs...
- MAY 23, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT COURT. TWO GANG LEADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER, RAPE OF 20 STREET CHILDREN
an Egyptian court sentenced two gang leaders who had confessed to the murder and rape of 20 street
MAY 22, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTYa high official in Cairo made public in a report by Ansa that eight Egyptian
a high official in Cairo made public in a report by Ansa that eight Egyptian
- APRIL 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN FACES DEATH OVER SAUDI KORAN DESECRATION
an Egyptian living in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to death for desecrating the Koran and renouncing Islam.
- JANUARY 1, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 12, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTY
TWO EGYPTIANS HANGED FOR MURDERING TODDLER
two Egyptians were hanged for beating and electrocuting to death a toddler whose cries were spoiling their televised football game, security sources said.
NOVEMBER 30, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT. STATE SECURITY COURT SENTENCES 3 MILITANTS TO DEATH
a state security court in Ismailiya, 75 miles east of Cairo, convicted and sentenced to death three Islamic militants for their role in a suicide attack that killed 34 people at tourist resorts in the Sinai town of Taba in 2004.
NOVEMBER 28, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS AN EGYPTIAN WHO STABBED A SAUDI TO DEATH AFTER A DISPUTE
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian who killed a Saudi man after an argument, the Interior Ministry said.
OCTOBER 10, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT. RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR END TO DEATH PENALTY
an Egyptian human rights organization has called for the abolition of capital punishment, on the fourth annual World Day against the death penalty.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT. THREE EGYPTIANS GET DEATH SENTENCE OVER TABA BOMBS
Egypt's state security court sentenced three people to death during a court hearing over involvement in a series of blasts targeting Red Sea holiday resorts.
- JUNE 18, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT. 2 MEN HANGED FOR TAKING HOSTAGES
two brothers who led a gang that held more than 100 people hostage were hanged in Alexandria.