During the month of January, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 29 defendants in 19 cases. Among them, 3 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
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During the month of January, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 29 defendants in 19 cases. Among them, 3 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
During 2025, the Egyptian Prison Authority carried out death sentences by hanging against at least 15 individuals, including one woman, across 10 cases.
During the month of December, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 52 defendants in 31 cases. Among them, 2 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
During the month of November, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 51 defendants in 30 cases. Among them, 4 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
During the month of October, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 21 defendants in 13 cases. Among them, 3 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
During the month of Septemper, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 31 defendants in 23 cases. Additionally, 21 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 14 other cases.
On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, we, the undersigned organisations, express our horror at the alarming surge in executions in Saudi Arabia.
During the month of August, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 39 defendants in 30 cases. Among them, 2 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
During the month of July, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 28 defendants in 21 cases. Additionally, 27 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 17 other cases.
During the first half of 2025, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 269 defendants in 194 cases. Among them, 17 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
During the month of June, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 34 defendants in 26 cases. Additionally, 20 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 17 other cases.
During the month of May, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 45 defendants in 38 cases. Among them, 6 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
We, the undersigned organisations, are gravely fearful for the lives of hundreds of prisoners threatened with imminent execution in Saudi Arabia for non-lethal drug-related offences, including scores of Egyptian, Ethiopian and Somali nationals.
During the month of March, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 34 defendants in 24 cases. Additionally, 8 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 7 other cases.
During the month of April, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 44 defendants in 29 cases. Among them, one was issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
During the month of February, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 43 defendants in 29 cases. Among them, 4 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
During the month of January, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 69 defendants in 48 cases. Among them, 6 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
During the month of December, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 42 defendants in 32 cases. Additionally, 49 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 33 other cases.
