death penalty
		Four executed for Kafr El-Sheikh Stadium bombing
		
			Egypt
			
				
				 
		
	January 3, 2018
Four executed for Kafr El-Sheikh Stadium bombing
						Four members of the Muslim Brotherhood were executed at Alexandria’s Burj al-Arab prison on Tuesday morning, for bombing the gate of Kafr El-Sheikh…					
				
			
		Israeli leaders back death penalty for ‘terrorists’
		
			Middle East
			
				
				 
		
	December 18, 2017
Israeli leaders back death penalty for ‘terrorists’
						Political leaders of Israel’s ruling coalition on Sunday evening backed a legislative proposal to allow capital punishment for convicted terrorists.…					
				
			
		Criminal Court sentences 13 Agnad Misr militants to death
		
			Egypt
			
				
				 
		
	December 7, 2017
Criminal Court sentences 13 Agnad Misr militants to death
						The Giza Criminal Court sentenced 13 members of the ‘Agnad Misr’ (Soldiers of Egypt’) terrorist organization to death on Thursday,…					
				
			
		Egypt court sentences man to death for killing coptic priest
		
			Egypt
			
				
				 
		
	November 15, 2017
Egypt court sentences man to death for killing coptic priest
						The North Cairo Criminal Court decided on Wednesday to refer the documents of the Ahmed Saeed, who is accused of…					
				
			
		Court sentences 8 to death over violent crimes against police
		
			Egypt
			
				
				 
		
	July 29, 2017
Court sentences 8 to death over violent crimes against police
						Cairo Criminal Court referred documents of eight defendants on Saturday, in the case known as the “storming of Helwan police station,”…					
				
			
		German ‘IS Bride’ could face death penalty in Iraq
		
			Middle East
			
				
				 
		
	July 24, 2017
German ‘IS Bride’ could face death penalty in Iraq
						Linda W., the 16-year-old German girl who ran away from her home near Dresden to join the so-called “Islamic State”…					
				
			
		Egypt court sentences 28 to death for assassination of former top prosecutor
		
			Egypt
			
				
				 
		
	July 22, 2017
Egypt court sentences 28 to death for assassination of former top prosecutor
						Cairo Criminal Court sentenced 28 defendants with the death penalty Saturday, charged for assassinating Egypt’s former top prosecutor Hesham Barakat.…					
				
			
		The persistence of the death penalty in Egypt: why courts insist on ‘an eye for an eye’
		
			Features/Interviews
			
				
				 
		
	July 7, 2017
The persistence of the death penalty in Egypt: why courts insist on ‘an eye for an eye’
						Given the rise of death sentences issued by Egyptian courts over the past four years – typically for members of the outlawed…					
				
			
		Cairo criminal court upholds death sentence for 20 Kerdasa massacre defendants
		
			Egypt
			
				
				 
		
	July 2, 2017
Cairo criminal court upholds death sentence for 20 Kerdasa massacre defendants
						Cairo Criminal Court upheld on Sunday death verdicts for 20 of 156 defendants accused of storming Kerdasa police station in…					
				
			
		Cassation prosecution recommends rejecting Morsi’s appeal against prison sentence
		
			Egypt
			
				
				 
		
	May 20, 2017
Cassation prosecution recommends rejecting Morsi’s appeal against prison sentence
						The Prosecution of Cassation on Saturday recommended the rejection of the appeal filed by toppled President Mohamed Morsi and 10…					
				
			