14 March 2017: a Somali military court sentenced an Al-Shabaab militant to death and two others to 15 years in jail after convicting them of being behind a deadly bomb attack on November 26, 2016. Chairperson of the court in ...
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28 February 2017 : the human rights committee of Egypt’s parliament said it will never recommend that the death penalty be abolished, responding to repeated calls from foreign rights groups to end capital punishment. “Western human rights organisations that lobby for ...
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21 February 2017: the Court of Cassation upheld the death sentences to 10 people convicted for rioting that killed 74 fans and injured over 500 at a football match in 2012. The ten, with one in absentia, are: al-Sayyed Mohammed al-Nadaf, ...
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13 February 2017: a military court in Garowe city of the regional state of Puntland has sentenced seven suspects allegedly accused for being members of Al-Shabaab assassin squad. According to Abdifatah Haji Adan, the chairman of Puntland military tribunal, the ...
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9 February 2017: an Egyptian court slapped two people with death sentences for involvement in “acts of violence” that took place near the U.S. embassy in Cairo following Egypt’s 2013 military coup, according to a judicial source. The sentences, however, ...
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6 February 2017: Al Shabaab militants publicly beheaded four men accused of spying for the country’s Western-backed government, the United States and neighboring Kenya. The al Qaeda-linked group confirmed the executions, which took place after the men were found guilty ...
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2 February 2017 : the Giza Criminal Court sentenced two defendants from the Al-Warraq terrorist cell to death. Two other members were sentenced to five years in prison and one defendant was acquitted of all charges. All of the defendants ...
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23 January 2017: a military court in Cairo sentenced 35 Egyptians to death by hanging and 54 to life in prison on charges of storming and burning a police station, killing a low-ranking police officer and attempting to kill two ...
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January 18, 2017: the Tunis Criminal Chamber of first instance against Terrorism sentenced 20 people to death for terrorism, including the dangerous terrorist Atef Hannechi. The convicts are all wanted. Another 26 terrorists were sentenced to prison from 2 to ...
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11 January 2017: By murdering two youths, the al-Shabaab extremist group has joined Isis in the horrific practice of executing people for homosexuality. Associated Press reports that the radical Somali-based group announced the news on its Andalus radio service. According ...
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