The continuation of death sentences despite rising demands for their abolition: A monitoring report on the death penalty situation in Egypt during 2024 - Egyptian Front for Human Rights

The continuation of death sentences despite rising demands for their abolition: A monitoring report on the death penalty situation in Egypt during 2024 - Egyptian Front for Human Rights

The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) monitored throughout 2024 the continued issuance, upholding, and execution of death sentences by Egyptian authorities and courts against defendants in both criminal and politically motivated cases. This persists despite ongoing local and international calls for the Egyptian authorities to abolish the death penalty or at least suspend its use as a step toward abolition. This issue was also highlighted re…