Egypt: Further information: Death penalty

According to Al-Ahram newspaper of 4 April 1994, the President of the Republic has now ratified the death sentences passed on the nine people named in this action. The first five may submit petitions to the Military Appeals Bureau, but they have no right of appeal. Their execution may be imminent. The nine were sentenced to death by the Supreme Military Court in Cairo which pronounced judgement on 17 March in the case known as “the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Dr ‘Atef Sidqi”.

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