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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- APRIL 16, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 3 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
16 April 2018: three defendants were sentenced to death for killing their brother by the Alexandria Criminal Court.
- APRIL 15, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST 4 OVER PLOTTING ATTACKS
Egypt's highest appeals court upheld death sentences for four people over forming a "terrorist cell" to plot attacks on security forces and other institutions.
- APRIL 15, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 1 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
15 April 2018: the Zaqaziq Criminal Court handed down the death penalty in connection with a murder.
- APRIL 11, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 3 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
11 April 2018: the Zaqaziq Criminal Court sentenced three people to death in connection with a bloody row between two families.
- APRIL 10, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 1 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
10 April 2018: the Ismailiya Criminal Court sentenced one person to death who was convicted of killing his father.
APRIL 10, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 11 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DEADLY FIGHT OVER CAR WASH
An Egyptian court sentenced 11 people to death by hanging for involvement in a deadly gunfire over car washing, semi-official newspaper Al Ahram reported.
APRIL 10, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 36 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CHURCH ATTACKS
A Cairo military court sentenced 36 people to death over their involvement in attacks against Coptic churches in Egypt, defence lawyers said.
- APRIL 5, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 2 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
5 April 2018: the Helwan Criminal Court sentenced two defendants to death in a robbery-linked homicide.
- APRIL 3, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 6 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes in two different cases
3 April 2018: the Shebin al-Kom Criminal Court sentenced two people to death; another four people were sentenced to death in connection with a blood feud by the Sohag Court.
- APRIL 1, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 1 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
April 2018: the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced one person to death for murder, which occurred in a fight following a traffic dispute.
APRIL 1, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN KILLING OF LIQUOR STORE OWNER
Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld a death sentence for a man convicted of murdering Alexandria liquor store owner Youssef Lamei.
MARCH 26, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO DEATH SENTENCES CONFIRMED
26 March 2018: the death penalty for two students, Ahmed Amin al-Ghazali and Abd al-Basir, has been confirmed.
- MARCH 22, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Three more men have been executed in Egypt for terrorism.
Three more men have been executed in Egypt for terrorism.
- MARCH 22, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
two other persons -Suleiman Eid Garabia and Rabhi Gomaa Hussein Hassan – were executed by hanging.
22 March 2018: two other persons -Suleiman Eid Garabia and Rabhi Gomaa Hussein Hassan – were executed by hanging.
- MARCH 20, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Samir Radwan 22 years old and Abdo Mohamed Ezzat Abdel Majeed 24 years were executed by hanging in the case of killing a student in the first grade secondary in the east.
20 march 2018: Ahmed Samir Radwan 22 years old and Abdo Mohamed Ezzat Abdel Majeed 24 years were executed by hanging in the case of killing a student in the first grade secondary in the east.
MARCH 12, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES TO DEATH WIFE AND LOVER FOR MURDERING HUSBAND IN SHARQIA
The Criminal Court in Sharqia Governorate chaired by Chancellor Mahmud Al Kahky has upheld decision of the Grand Mufti to sentence to death a housewife and her lover for murdering the husband and an angler wants to bed her.
MARCH 12, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT ISSUES PRELIMINARY DEATH SENTENCE FOR MASSACRE OF FAMILY IN BEHEIRA
The Damanhour Criminal Court has issued a preliminary death sentence against a man convicted of killing a family of four in Beheira Governorate in 2017.
MARCH 10, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PLANNING ATTACKS
An Egyptian court sentenced 10 people to death after they were convicted of forming a terrorist group and planning attacks on police and security forces, judicial sources said.
- MARCH 7, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Seven executions were carried out for terrorism in Minya prison in one day.
7 March 2018: Seven executions were carried out for terrorism in Minya prison in one day.
- MARCH 7, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
two executions were carried out in the Minya prison: Mustafa Hamadah Ahmed Mohammed was hanged in
two executions were carried out in the Minya prison: Mustafa Hamadah Ahmed Mohammed was hanged in
- MARCH 6, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT TO RAISE PUNISHMENT FOR POSSESSING EXPLOSIVES UP TO EXECUTION
The Egyptian parliament approved a new draft law raising the punishment of possessing explosives up to execution when used in terrorist attacks, the parliament said in a statement.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT EXECUTES SIX, TWO OF WHOM WERE WOMEN
26 february 2018: according to a local judicial source, the Egyptian authorities executed six people, five from the same family.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: Man executed for Murder
26 February 2018: Man executed for Murder
FEBRUARY 21, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 21 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ‘DAMIETTA TERRORIST CELL’
Cairo criminal court headed by Chancellor Shabeb Al-Damarany sentenced 21 defendants to death in the case known publicly by “Damietta terrorist cell”.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 4 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ‘AWSIM CELL’ CASE
Giza Criminal Court sentenced 4 defendants to death in the case known publicly by “Awsim cell”.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENT STRONGLY REJECTS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S RESOLUTION ON EXECUTIONS
FEBRUARY 6, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS TWO DEATH SENTENCES OVER 2013 MURDER OF POLICE CONSCRIPTS
Egypt’s high military appeals court upheld death sentences handed to two defendants over the August 2013 murder of two police personnel in North Sinai.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: THREE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER AWSIM BLOOD-FEUD REVENGE
Giza Criminal Court sentenced three defendants to death in their re-trail over killing a person and attempted murder of two others
- JANUARY 31, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT COURT ASKS MUFTI TO WEIGH IN ON DEATH SENTENCES FOR 10
An Egyptian court has referred the case of 10 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members held on terrorism charges to the country's top religious authority, the Grand Mufti, for a non-binding opinion on whether they can be executed.
- JANUARY 31, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: SENTENCED TO DEATH TO 19 FOR CHURCH ATTACK
an Egyptian court sentenced 19 Muslim defendants to a suspended sentence of one year for attacking an unlicensed church south of Cairo.