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
- 621
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 621 news items on Egypt, from 1999 to today.
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- MARCH 13, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: SEVEN EXECUTED OVER ISLAMIST ATTACKS THAT KILLED POLICEMEN
Egyptian authorities executed seven men on 9 and 10 March 2022 in connection with “politically motivated” cases, and after a legal process marred by torture and lack of evidence, a rights group has told Middle East Eye.
- MARCH 8, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 4 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2014 MURDER OF 2 POLICEMEN
A Sharqiya criminal court handed on 3 March 2022 death sentences against four men and handed 7-15 jail terms to 26 others for murdering two policemen and attempting to murder other security personnel in 2014.
MARCH 7, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS CHILDREN DIES IN PRISON
An Egyptian man, who was sentenced to death for killing his three children with help of his two wives, died in prison before the death penalty could be carried out, Gulf News reported on 3 March 2022, citing local media.
FEBRUARY 22, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TOSSING FRIEND INTO NILE
A man, convicted of murdering his friend by throwing him into the Nile, was handed down a death sentence in Egypt on 17 February 2022.
FEBRUARY 14, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR PRE-WEDDING MURDER
An Egyptian court has sentenced a man to death after convicting him of murdering his bride on the eve of their wedding, Gulf News reported on 11 February 2022, citing local media.
FEBRUARY 7, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING THEIR FATHER
Two Egyptian brothers have been sentenced to death for killing their father after learning about him raping their sister (his daughter), Gulf News reported on 5 February 2022 citing local news.
FEBRUARY 2, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER RAPING, MURDERING OWN MOTHER
A man has been sentenced to death after raping and murdering his own mother in Tanta, Egypt, The Filipino Times reported on 31 January 2022.
JANUARY 31, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH ON CHARGES OF PLANNING ATTACKS
An Egyptian court on 30 January 2022 sentenced to death 10 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group for coordinating and planning attacks on the police, the state-news agency MENA has reported.
JANUARY 11, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN WHO BEHEADED ANOTHER IN ISMAILIA SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER GRAND MUFTI'S ADVISE SOUGHT
Ismailia Criminal Court on 5 January 2022 sentenced to death Abdel Rahman Nazmy, known as “Dabour” over charges of brutally murdering a citizen and attempting to kill two others in a crowded street in Ismailia.
JANUARY 10, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY AGAINST SIX IN 2016 TERRORIST ATTACK NEAR PYRAMIDS
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on 2 January 2022 commuted the death penalty against six defendants charged with being involved in a terrorist attack on the Three Pyramids Hotel in Giza in 2016.
DECEMBER 13, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STREET BEHEADING
An Egyptian court on 9 December 2021 sentenced a man to death on charges of slaughtering another on the street and parading his head before he was overpowered in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, local media reported.
DECEMBER 6, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE, SIX CHILDREN
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a man to death on 6 December 2021 for slaying his wife and six children at their home in a village in Fayoum governorate, southwest of Cairo, in May over accumulated debts.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: CASSATION COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 22 OVER KILLING POLICE OFFICER, CONDUCTING 54 TERROR ATTACKS
Egypt’s Court of Cassation rejected on 25 November 2021 an appeal by defendants of the “Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdes” case and upheld death penalty against 22 convicts in the case.
NOVEMBER 15, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FIVE GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPING, RAPING AND KILLING MINOR
An Egyptian court has sentenced five people to death for kidnapping, raping and killing a 10-year-old girl, local media reported.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER COVER-UP
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced a woman to death on 8 November 2021 for the cover-up of her husband's murder and assisting the killer in the act.
OCTOBER 26, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: HISHAM ASHMAWI’S TOP AIDE, 2 OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court sentenced on 25 October 2021 terrorist Bahaa Kishk, the right-hand man of Hisham Ashmawy who was executed in Egypt last year, and two fugitives to death over terrorism charges.
OCTOBER 4, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 3 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court on 28 September 2021 sentenced three members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death and nine to life in prison over killing a policeman and a civilian, state-run MENA news agency reported.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES HISHAM ASHMAWY’S TOP AIDE, TWO OTHERS TO DEATH
An Egyptian court on 27 July 2021 sentenced three persons to death, including the senior aide of Hisham Al-Ashmawy who was executed last year, after finding them guilty of terrorism charges.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 24 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACKING POLICE
A Beheira criminal court on 29 July 2021 sentenced 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death for the killing of police officers in two separate cases, a judicial source said.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FOUR PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2013 POLICE STATION ATTACK
A Minya Criminal court on 13 September 2021 sentenced four people to death by hanging and 22 others to life in prison for raiding and torching a police station, which resulted in the death of two policemen.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN
A court in Egypt on 5 September 2021 sentenced seven Pakistanis, two Egyptians and an Iranian citizen to death on charges of smuggling in over two tonnes of heroin by sea, a judicial source said.
- JULY 6, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT EXECUTES STUDENT WHO WAS 'TORTURED TO CONFESS' TO ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF SENIOR OFFICER
Egyptian authorities on 4 July 2021 carried out the death penalty against a university student after his conviction in the case of the assassination of a high-ranking police officer in Alexandria in 2018.
- JULY 5, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
INTERNATIONAL GROUP TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE IN ARAB COUNTRIES ESTABLISHED
An International Committee for the abolition of the death penalty in Arab countries was established on 25 June 2021 under the leadership of former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki.
JULY 1, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SLAYING TEEN SON WITH SCALPEL
An Egyptian court has convicted a father of killing his teenage son with a scalpel and sentenced him to death, Gulf News reported on 29 June 2021.
JUNE 30, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: NINE EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT IN CAIRO
Nine death sentences were carried out on 27 June 2021 at the Cairo appeals prison, a maximum security facility in Cairo known for holding prisoners on death row.
- JUNE 25, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: EIGHT PRISONERS EXECUTED
The Egyptian government executed eight people on 21 June 2021 bringing the total number of people hanged this year alone to 57, according to the NGO Reprieve.
JUNE 24, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE IN MANSOURA
A criminal court sentenced two men to death on 22 June 2021 for the killing of the wife of one of the perpetrators in Mansoura city last year.
JUNE 15, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR 12 BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS
An Egyptian court on 14 June 2021 upheld death sentences for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members, concluding a trial linked to a 2013 mass killing by security forces at an Islamist sit-in, a judicial official said.
JUNE 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING MENTALLY ILL GIRL
An Egyptian court had sentenced a man to death by hanging after convicting him of raping a mentally challenged girl in his house, the Gulf News reported on 8 June 2021.
- MAY 27, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SLAYING BROTHER
An Egyptian court has sentenced a local man to death after convicting him of fatally stabbing his younger brother, Gulf News reported on 26 May 2021.