We, the undersigned organisations, are gravely fearful for the lives of hundreds of prisoners threatened with imminent execution in Saudi Arabia on drugs-related charges, including 33 Egyptians on a single wing of Tabuk Prison.
Tags: World Day Against the Death Penalty
During the month of June, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 40 defendants in 24 cases. Among them, 1 was issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
During the month of May, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 34 defendants in 25 cases. Among them, 5 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
During the month of April, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 39 defendants in 29 cases. Among them, 2 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed.
10 Oct 2020
EIPR engages with the topic through highlighting specific difficulties that have impeded the fulfillment of the right to counsel in a number of cases seen before Egyptian courts, where death sentences have been issued. The case files and investigation papers of these cases were collected and documented by the team between 2017 and 2019.
15 Oct 2018
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) opposes the death penalty in principle and in all cases without exception. EIPR condemns the Egyptian government’s adherence to the death penalty and urges it to sign and ratify the second optional protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which seeks a moratorium on the death penalty.
