Latest in Tag: death sentence Highlight
Latest in Tag: death sentence
Mohamed Soltan, 36 others imprisoned for life
Court ratifies 14 death sentences in “Operations Room” trial, defence to appeal

Global spike in death sentences in 2014 largely due to Egypt
End of year report identifies Egypt handed out many sentences though executed few

Badie, 13 Muslim Brotherhood members to receive death sentences
Convictsâ files referred to Grand Mufti, remaining defendantsâ verdict on 11 April

Court overturns death sentence of Muslim Brotherhood leader
Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie is accused of killing nine in August 2013

Iran executes woman for killing of alleged sexual attacker
Latest example represents poor rights and legal recompense for women
Iran executes woman for killing of alleged sexual attacker
Amnesty International says trial and investigation were deeply flawed

Death sentences âcrime against humanityâ: Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood rejects 14 preliminary death sentences handed down on Thursday

British PM appalled by âbarbaricâ Sudanese death sentence
The Christian Sudanese woman, who was sentenced to hang, was incarcerated with her 20-month-old toddler according to rights activists, and gave birth this week to another baby in jail.

MB Supreme Guide Badie hits out at death sentence
The mass death sentences, the second in as many months, sparked global outrage

37 death sentences upheld in Minya, 683 more handed preliminary death sentences
Muslim Brotherhood supreme guide among those sentenced
UNâs Iran rights watchdog slams case of death-row woman
AFP- A UN human rights monitor on Monday urged Tehran to halt the planned execution of an Iranian woman for the alleged murder of a former intelligence official, saying her trial had been deeply flawed. The case of Reyhaneh Jabbari, who claims she acted in self-defence after a sexual assault, raises concerns because of her …

Mass trial in Minya postponed to 28 April
Defence lawyers boycott trial

Foreigners sentenced to death for drug smuggling
British embassy in Cairo says it will do its âutmost to prevent this executionâ
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 …
Military court sentences 2 to death for beheading officer
By AFP CAIRO: A military court on Wednesday sentenced two men to death for beheading an army officer during the uprising that ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak, the official MENA news agency reported. Three others received life sentences, and two more were jailed for 15 years each for the murder of the army officer in a …