1 febraury 2020: the Cairo Criminal Court handed death sentences to 37 convicts, including the high profile officer turned militant Hesham Ashmawy, for murder charges, according to Egyptian local media. They were members of the Ansar Bait al-Maqdis terror group. ...
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28th January 2020: an Egyptian court handed preliminary death sentences on Monday to three defendants over a failed assassination of Alexandria’s security director in March 2018. The Cairo criminal court referred the preliminary sentences to the Grand Mufti, the highest ...
Read More17 January 2020: a Tunisian court sentenced eight people to death over a suicide bombing that targeted a presidential security bus in the capital Tunis in November 2015. The attack, claimed by Islamic State (IS), killed 12 presidential guards and injured ...
Read More15 January 2020: the European Union Ambassador of Somalia Nicolas Berlanga firmly expressed opposition over death penalty after police carried out the execution of six inmates in Mandera Prison near Berbera on 15 January 2020 morning. “The EU holds a ...
Read More15 January 2020: six men who had been convicted for murder and terrorism in Somaliland were executed in Hargeisa. Human rights activists confirmed the execution of the six convicts in Mandheera prison located in the capital Hargeisa. Somaliland Human Rights ...
Read MoreThe Arab Institute for Human Rights, the Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights, and the Tunisian Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty participated on Wednesday 08 January 2020 in a hearing in the Tunisian Parliament. This hearing was ...
Read More31 December 2019: Somali military court sentenced 7 al Shabaab men to death for murder and terrorism, Allgalgaduud Media reported on 31 December 2019. Among them, Mohamed Haji Ahmed Ilcacse who allegedly one served as head of al Shabaab assassins in ...
Read MoreEgypt … The AOHRs’ Joint Team …. Starts a visit to the Al-Marj Public Prison As part of series of visits to Prisons and Detention Centers Cairo, 16 December 2019 Egypt The AOHRs’ Joint Team Starts a visit to ...
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