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Egypt executes man convicted of raping 20-month-old baby
Egypt

Egypt executes man convicted of raping 20-month-old baby

Egyptian prison authorities executed on Wednesday Ibrahim Mahmoud, 35, who was convicted in 2017 of raping a 20-month-old baby. Mansoura…
Death penalty: Pope Francis makes seismic shift to Catholic Church policy
World

Death penalty: Pope Francis makes seismic shift to Catholic Church policy

The Vatican has announced that it will pursue the worldwide abolition of the death penalty. Pope Francis has argued that…
Global executions on the decline, says Amnesty International
World

Global executions on the decline, says Amnesty International

Amnesty International’s latest annual report has found fewer executions were carried out around the world in 2017 than the year…
Cairo court sentences man to death for killing priest
Egypt

Cairo court sentences man to death for killing priest

Cairo Criminal Court on Monday sentenced a man to death over killing a Coptic priest in the al-Marg area on…
Court consults Egypt’s mufti before applying death sentence against 10 defendants
Egypt

Court consults Egypt’s mufti before applying death sentence against 10 defendants

Giza Criminal Court issued preliminary death sentences against 10 defendants accused of terrorism on Wednesday, in the case known as…
Four executed for Kafr El-Sheikh Stadium bombing
Egypt

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…
Iran president under scrutiny over juvenile executions
Middle East

Iran president under scrutiny over juvenile executions

The case presented by the Iranian judiciary was simple: In the southern province of Fars, Fatemeh Salbehi suffocated her husband…
UN deeply concerned about death sentences in Egypt
Egypt

UN deeply concerned about death sentences in Egypt

The United Nations reiterated its deep concern about the death sentences issued against the toppled President Mohamed Morsi and more…
Saudi Arabia beheads 100th person this year
Middle East

Saudi Arabia beheads 100th person this year

Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded a Syrian drug trafficker and a national convicted of murder, taking to 100 the number…
UN seminar links surge in capital punishment with terrorism
Middle East

UN seminar links surge in capital punishment with terrorism

The United Nations has linked the rise in the implementation of capital punishment to a surge in terrorism, noting that…
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