BHRC condemns mass trial and sentencing of 759 individuals in Egypt: 75 receiving the death penalty, 45 life sentences and 5-10 year sentences for remaining
Following a mass trial of 759 individuals, on 8 September 2018, the Cairo Criminal Court from a courthouse attached to the Tora prison complex, handed down 75 death penalties, 45 life sentences and terms of imprisonment ranging 5-15 years for the remaining. The cases against five people who died in prison were dismissed. BHRC joins the...