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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MAY 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MONK EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF BISHOP AT MONASTERY
The Egypt Prison Authority carried out the death penalty on a monk who killed the abbot of his monastery in 2018, a lawyer and the monk's brother told Reuters on 9 May 2021.
MAY 5, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SLAYING DENTIST
According to legal sources, an Egyptian court has convicted a man on fatally stabbing a dentist and sentenced him to death, the Gulf News reported on 5 May 2021.
- APRIL 28, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 17 PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR 2013 ATTACK ON POLICE
Egyptian authorities on 26 April 2021 hanged 17 people who were convicted of murder for an attack on a police station in 2013, lawyers representing their families have said.
APRIL 27, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 9 MEN EXECUTED FOR 2013 ATTACK ON POLICE
Egyptian authorities on 26 April 2021 executed nine men, including an 82-year-old man, convicted of murder in an attack on a police station in 2013, security officials and a rights lawyer said. The assault resulted in the deaths of 15 people, including 11
APRIL 26, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: ISIL-LINKED GROUP CLAIMS EXECUTION OF COPT, 2 TRIBESMEN
An Islamic State-affiliated group has claimed the execution of a Coptic Christian and two tribesmen in Egypt’s restive Sinai region, in a video posted on its Telegram channel, Aljazeera reported on 19 April 2021.
MARCH 25, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE, BROTHER
An Egyptian man has been sentenced to death on charges of murdering his wife and his brother after the convict had sexually assaulted his daughter, Gulf News reported on 23 March 2021.
MARCH 24, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, BEATING AND KILLING 10-YEAR-OLD COUSIN
An Egyptian man has been sentenced to death for raping and killing his 10-year-old cousin, Gulf News reported on 23 March 2021.
- MARCH 3, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Five prisoners, including three women, were hanged on 27 February 2021 in Egypt,
Five prisoners, including three women, were hanged on 27 February 2021 in Egypt,
- MARCH 2, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: ELEVEN PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Eleven prisoners, all convicted of murder by criminal courts, on 2 March 2021 were executed by prison authorities at Alexandria’s Borg al-Arab Prison.
MARCH 2, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: PRISONER EXECUTED AT DAMANHOUR PRISON
A prisoner was reportedly executed on 1 March 2021 morning in Damanhour, Egypt.
JANUARY 21, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 14 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TWO DIFFERENT CASES
Fourteen people were sentenced to death in two different cases, Egypt Today reported on 19 January 2021.
DECEMBER 31, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: KILLERS OF MAADI GIRL HANDED DOWN DEATH PENALTY
Two Egyptian men were sentenced to death after they were found guilty of dragging a young woman to death following a drive-by theft, a Cairo Criminal Court ruled on 30 December 2020.
DECEMBER 23, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CAIRO COURT TO SENTENCE 3 DEFENDANTS TO DEATH OVER TORCHING HOUSE, KILLING CHILD
Cairo’s Criminal Court referred the death sentences of three individuals found guilty for the death of a child to Grand Mufti Shawky Allam for approval on 22 December 2020.
DECEMBER 21, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE OF RENOWNED POET AFIFY MATAR
A criminal court in Shebeen El-Kom, Menoufiya, has sentenced a man convicted of murdering writer and critic Nafisa Qandil, the wife of renowned Egyptian poet Mohamed Afify Matar, to death.
DECEMBER 7, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS 57 EXECUTIONS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
Egyptian authorities executed at least 57 men and women in October and November alone, Amnesty International reported on 2 December 2020.
- DECEMBER 6, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed on 4 October 2020 in Egypt in a case of political violence in the aftermath
Three men were executed on 4 October 2020 in Egypt in a case of political violence in the aftermath
- DECEMBER 6, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt executed 10 men on 4 October 2020 in the case known as
Egypt executed 10 men on 4 October 2020 in the case known as "Agnad Masr," involving
NOVEMBER 29, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OF 24-YEAR-OLD MARYAM
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced two men to death for the killing of a 24-year-old woman earlier this year in Cairo’s Maadi, Egyptian Streets reported on 26 November 2020.
NOVEMBER 12, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TEN EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT IN MINYA
Ten men have been recently executed in Minya’s high-security Sharq al-Nil Prison, Youm7 reported on 9 November 2020.
- OCTOBER 13, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
egypt The pro-government Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper on 13 October 2020 published the names of eight
The pro-government Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper on 13 October 2020 published the names of eight
- OCTOBER 8, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS DENOUNCES EXECUTION OF 15 OPPOSITIONISTS IN EGYPT
The United Nations (UN) on 7 October 2020 revealed that some of the 15 oppositionists executed by the Egyptian authorities on charges of terrorism, violence and incitement to murder were tortured and did not receive fair trials.
- OCTOBER 8, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
egypt Pro-government newspaper Al-Watan reported on 8 October 2020 that authorities executed seven
Pro-government newspaper Al-Watan reported on 8 October 2020 that authorities executed seven
OCTOBER 7, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 23 DETAINEES EXECUTED
Egyptian authorities executed 23 detainees, 15 of whom were political prisoners, over the weekend (3-4 October 2020), the Middle East Monitor reported on 5 October 2020.
- OCTOBER 6, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
egypt Pro-government newspaper Al-Watan on 6 October 2020 said authorities in Cairo Isti’naf Prison carried out 11 executions,
Pro-government newspaper Al-Watan on 6 October 2020 said authorities in Cairo Isti’naf Prison carried out 11 executions,
- OCTOBER 1, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: SIX MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING POLICEMEN
An Egyptian court on 30 September 2020 sentenced six Muslim Brotherhood members to death over crimes including allegedly killing policemen in 2016, Anadolu Agency reported.
JULY 30, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CRIMINAL COURT REFERS ‘BEHEIRA BRIDE’ MURDER CASE TO GRAND MUFTI TO CONSIDER DEATH SENTENCE
Damanhur Criminal Court in Egypt on 29 July 2020 referred the case of twenty-year-old bride Amira to the Grand Mufti of Egypt so he can issue a religious opinion on the death sentence resulting from charges that she killed her husband, al-Shahat, 28, five
JULY 29, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 7 EXECUTED OVER KILLING OF POLICEMAN IN 2013
Egypt on 28 July 2020 executed seven people over the killing of a police officer in the northeastern city of Ismailiya in 2013, a security official said.
- JULY 28, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: EXECUTED 7 TERRORISTS ACCUSED OF KILLING THE OFFICER AHMED ABU DOUMA IN ISMAILIA ON NOVEMBER 2013
On July 28, 2020, it took place the execution of 7 prisoners.
JULY 23, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: THREE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ABDUCTION, RAPE OF A MINOR
Egypt’s Qena Criminal Court, headed by Counselor Othman Mohamedin, on 21 July 2020 sentenced to death three defendants over the abduction, rape and attempted murder of a young 17-year old woman.
JULY 3, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 3 DEFENDANTS IN ANSAR AL-SHARIA CASE
Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld on 1st July 2020 death sentences against three defendants convicted on terrorism-related charges in the 2014 case known in the media as the Ansar Al-Sharia case.