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Stop child executions!

Joint Statement  The undersigned organisations express their deep concern over the children standing before trial in Egypt in the case known to the media as the Three Pyramids Hotel case, which is due for issuing a verdict on June 22, 2019. The Egyptain authorities are referring the papers of Kareem Hemeda Ali Hemeda, a juvenile defendant in case no. 45/2016 of State Security, to the mufti (Which is a final step prior to implementing executions) The authorities arrested the 17-year-old from his place of residence on 1st of…

Egypt: Execution of nine defendants after unfair trial is retaliation, not justice

The undersigned rights organizations condemn the execution of nine young men on Wednesday February 20th following an unjust, politicized trial rife with torture and due process violations. We further reject the Egyptian government’s politicization of capital punishment; particularly its insistence on swiftly staging executions following terrorist incidents, likely to divert public attention from its continued failure in the “war on terrorism.” At least 15 people have been executed by the Egyptian government in the month of…