Hundreds of prisoners are languishing on death row, waiting for their sentences to be carried out.
Ten defendants convicted in the same case were executed in October 2020
16 people on death row have been executed over the past week in Egypt
Eleven prisoners, all convicted of murder by criminal courts, were executed at Borg al-Arab Prison.
Egypt's Foreign Ministry has refuted the OHCHR’s criticism of the trial proceedings in a statement
Over 30 people were executed and nearly 600 death sentences were issued in Egypt so far this year
Local organizations and the European Parliament call for a "moratorium" on Egypt's death penalty
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