death penalty
New charges could lead to death penalty in Yassin assault case: Lawyer
Egypt
May 2, 2025
New charges could lead to death penalty in Yassin assault case: Lawyer
Issam Mohanna, the lawyer representing the family of the child Yassin, expressed his great relief at what he described as…
Court issues death penalty for filming and mutilating child victim
Egypt
March 7, 2025
Court issues death penalty for filming and mutilating child victim
An Egyptian Criminal Court sentenced the first defendant in the case known in the media as the “Dark Web” case…
Legal expert demands execution for any rapist
Egypt
February 22, 2023
Legal expert demands execution for any rapist
Veteran lawyer legal expert Mohamed Mizar said that the crime of rape is considered in the top of the criminal…
Egypt court calls for live broadcast of the execution of Naira Ashraf’s murderer
Egypt
July 25, 2022
Egypt court calls for live broadcast of the execution of Naira Ashraf’s murderer
The Mansoura Criminal Court announced, on Sunday, the justifications for issuing the death sentence against Mohamed Adel, who killed…
Rights group: Iran executes 2 gay men over sodomy charges
Middle East
February 1, 2022
Rights group: Iran executes 2 gay men over sodomy charges
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has executed two gay men who were convicted on charges of sodomy and…
Egypt executes defrocked monk convicted of abbot’s killing
Egypt
May 10, 2021
Egypt executes defrocked monk convicted of abbot’s killing
Authorities carried out the death penalty on an Egyptian monk who killed the abbot of his monastery in 2018, a…
Report: Mideast countries top 2020 global executioners list
Middle East
April 21, 2021
Report: Mideast countries top 2020 global executioners list
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Apart from China and despite a worldwide drop in death sentences, countries in the…
Three Saudi youths get prison sentence instead of death
Middle East
February 8, 2021
Three Saudi youths get prison sentence instead of death
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Three young Saudi men who faced death sentences for acts they were accused of…
Iran frees rights activist after more than 8 years in prison
Middle East
October 9, 2020
Iran frees rights activist after more than 8 years in prison
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has released a prominent human rights activist who campaigned against the death penalty, Iranian media…
Saudi prosecution orders retrial of Egyptian sentenced to death
Egypt
January 17, 2020
Saudi prosecution orders retrial of Egyptian sentenced to death
Saudi Arabia has ordered the retrial of Egyptian engineer Ali Abul Qasim, who was sentenced to death in 2017 over…