Yesterday, 22 October, the 13th Chamber of the Alexandria Criminal Court acquitted Abdullah Osama Abdel Aal, a client of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), in the case known in the media as the 'Dekheila massacre.' The court th
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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.
Excellencies,
Since the House of Representatives began deliberating over the new Draft Criminal Procedure Law, we resolved to participate in this historic national undertaking.
On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, we, the undersigned organisations, express our horror at the alarming surge in executions in Saudi Arabia.
We the undersigned Egyptian and international civil society organizations welcome the decision of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to not sign the draft Criminal Procedure Code into law and instead to send it back to parliament for revision.
The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned over the severe deterioration in the health of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim, 66 years old, who has been in pretrial detention since 1st of November 2018. Abd
The Second Circuit of the Criminal Court (Terrorism) at Badr Court Complex resumed on August 8th the trial of Samer Ahmed El-Dessouky (35 years old, Financial Manager), who is being prosecuted in connection with Case No.
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.
