Egypt 6 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes in two different cases

09 September 2018 :

3 April 2018: the Shebin al-Kom Criminal Court sentenced two people to death; another four people were sentenced to death in connection with a blood feud by the Sohag Court, according Egyptian Initiative for Presonal Rights.

https://eipr.org/en/press/2018/05/april-sees-15-cases-referred-mufti-and-various-preliminary-and-final-verdicts-death

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