Egyptian court sentences 10 militants to death on terrorism charges

A court in Egypt sentenced 10 militants to death on Tuesday following their ... members of extremist football fans' associations and a pro-Brotherhood group called the “Alliance to Support ... Read More

Leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters are given death sentences

An Egyptian court has sentenced the leader of the ... "The decisions are possibly the largest possible death sentences in recent world history. "While they are exceptional in scale, they are ... Read More

Egypt sentences murderer of Yemeni general to death

The preliminary death sentence issued by the court has been referred to Egypt’s grand mufti for approval. According to the court's referral, the four defendants intentionally murdered the victim ... Read More

Egypt sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death

The Upper Egypt court sentenced 529 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday on charges of murdering the deputy commander of the Matay district police station in Minya during riots ... Read More

Egypt court sentences policeman to 15 years over protester's murder

A Cairo court ... an Egyptian police officer for shooting of a young mother at a protest in central Cairo earlier this year, in the first and toughest such sentence against a policeman over ... Read More

Egypt’s court overturns death sentence to ex-President Morsi — TV

Egypt’s Court of Cassation has sustained the appeal of former President Mohamed Morsi and a number of leaders of the outlawed Islamist organization Muslin Brotherhood over death sentence on the ... Read More

Egypt court sentences 183 Morsi supporters to death

Sixteen police officers were killed when the building was stormed and then besieged for over five ... by sentencing the men to death. "Today's decision of a court in Egypt to sentence 183 ... Read More

Egypt court sentences 10 people to death in the Helwan Brigades case

According to CFJ, the court indicted the defendants over founding and leading ... In January, an Egyptian court sentenced to death 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood found guilty of violence ... Read More

Egyptian Court Upholds Death Sentence in Murder Liquor Store Owner Case

The Egyptian Court of Cassation rejected on Sunday the appeal against the death sentence of 48-year-old Adel Abdel-Nour, known as Assaliya, who was convicted of murder after he killed a liquor ... Read More

Libya court sentences 23 to death for IS campaign

A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian ... Read More

Death sentences increased, while executions decreased

55 countries are known to have sentenced at least 2,466 people to death in 2014 – a 28% increase from 2013. This is mainly due to a spike in death sentences in Egypt and Nigeria ... more people than ... Read More

Pakistani court sentences man to death and teenager to life in prison for insulting Islam's prophet

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court sentenced a 22-year-old student to death and gave a teenager ... in the eastern Punjab province, over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated ... Read More