Latest in Tag: death penalty Highlight
Latest in Tag: death penalty
Human rights activists suggest finding alternatives for death penalty
Abolishing the death penalty from penal law requires not only political will, but a general will, says Vice-President
Mar-Mina Church attacker to face death penaltyÂ
Attack which occurred in 2017 killed 10 people
Two refereed to Mufti for death penalty over Helwan Church attack
Attack occurred in 2017 killing 10 people
Court refers 2 monks to Mufti for death penalty over bishopâs murder
Final verdict will be issued on 24 April
Eight suspects referred to Mufti for death penalty over planning to assassinate Al-Sisi
Attorney general previously referred case involving 292 defendants to military judiciary
Muslim Brotherhoodâs sympathy with executed militant reflects support for terrorism: Foreign Ministry
Brotherhood previously used charges against Habara to clear the groupâs name in the âRafah massacreâ case
Man awaiting death penalty shot by police
Ashraf Al-Kazazâwho was wanted in several violence-related cases, convicted, and sentenced to deathâwas killed in a police raid amid allegations of extrajudicial killing
Egyptâs high death sentence rate under spotlight on World Day against the Death Penalty
Groups of activists worldwide launched several campaigns in line with the World Day against Death Penalties. âExecution of a Nationâ is a campaign released by the Egyptian Coordination of Rights and Freedoms which documented the death sentence verdicts in Egypt following the 30 June uprising. According to the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for …
In Video: Activists stand against death penalty
Photo by Mahmoud Nasr and Nada Amr
Saudi Arabia agrees to retry Sri Lankan maid sentenced to death by stoning
A Sri Lankan maid sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Saudi Arabia has won a retrial, Sri Lanka’s deputy foreign minister says. All Sri Lankan parties had joined to appeal to Saudi authorities for clemency. Saudi authorities agreed to the retrial of the 45-year-old woman after Sri Lankan diplomats visited her in a …
#SueMeSaudi: Twitter users taunt Saudi Arabia
The hashtag #SueMeSaudi is soaring after a source at the Saudi Arabian justice ministry reportedly said he would sue a Twitter user who compared Saudi Arabia to the terror group “Islamic State.” The justice ministry official was quoted by the government-aligned Al Riyadh newspaper as saying “The justice ministry will sue the person who described …
Court acquits 5 defendants in âPort Said massacreâ trial
Over 70 young football fans were killed in clashes back in 2012
Policemen among 6 facing death penalty in Qena
Court has charged them with murder and possession of arms, killings of six in village fight
4 sentenced to death by Mansoura court on terror cell charges
Total of 116 verdicts in 19 cases for âMuslim Brotherhoodâ supporters by same court, says state media
Rassd board membersâ disciplinary confinement is administrative punishment: Lawyer
Al-Fakharany and Mostafa received life sentences in the âRabaa Operations Roomâ case in April, next trial session following appeal expected to be decided in October
Saudi Arabia ramping up executions in 2015: HRW
Gulf country executed more people in first five months of 2015 than in all of 2014
Hamas calls verdict on Palestinians in Morsi trial ‘shocking’, ‘sad’
“Some were martyrs of resistance a long time ago,” says Hamas spokesperson
Presidency mourns judges killed in armed North Sinai attack
Attack on judges should make them more determined to pursue justice, says Al-Sisi
Court sentences 3 to death for âconspiringâ with Al-Qaeda
Convicts planned terrorist operations against officers in Sinai, court says
Court hands 14 Islamist leaders preliminary death sentences
The files of 14 high-profile Morsi supporters referred to the Grand Mufti
Saudi sentences five to death over 2003 Qaeda attacks
Dozens of Saudis and expats were killed and wounded that year in car bombings
Condemnation for Minya sentencing continues to build
Amnesty International, John Kerry, Ban Ki-moon all express concern, while ECCR decries death penalty for minors
Death penalty abolition: A Swedish view
By Charlotta Sparre The 10th of October marks the World Day against the Death Penalty. As a form of punishment, death penalty concerns everyoneâs right to life. It is not only cruel, inhuman and degrading, but also irreversible and irreparable. No country and no legal system is immune to the miscarriage of justice. The state, …
Pre-trial detention period extended
Presidential decree extends pre-trial detention period to 45 days for crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment with no maximum limit
Port Said verdict echoes across nation
21 people were handed the death sentence; the verdict leaves Ultras Ahlawy and Ultras Green Eagles displeased
Key opposition figures investigated for treason
Amendment made last year to treason law could see three men excluded from political life up to five years, excluding them from next presidential elections
Arish women protest death penalty imposed on husbands
 By Nasser Elazazy Dozens of women and their children continued protesting Saturday in front of Al-Refai mosque against the death penalty verdict imposed their husbands and fathers. The 14 men, members of the radical Tawheed and jihad group, were sentenced to death Monday by Ismailiaâs criminal court. The sentenced men included eight members who escaped …
Controversy over capital punishment
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR) has called for a reconsideration of what crimes are subject to the death penalty, following the sentencing of 14 militants involved in attacks on security forces in north Sinai last year. The EOHR condemned the attackers and supported their facing trial, but it also called for a review …
US-based activist charged with âterrorismâ in Sudan
Death penalty predicted for US-based Sudanese activist