Egyptian authorities urged to drop death sentence for sectarian killings

Tuesday 18 January 2011 Amnesty international has condemned the death sentence imposed on a man found guilty of sectarian killings in Egypt and called on the authorities there to stop circumventing the criminal justice system by using emergency courts. Amnesty international has condemned the death sentence imposed on a man found guilty of sectarian killings in Egypt and called on the authorities there to stop circumventing the criminal justice system by using emergency courts. Mohamed Ahmed Hussein was yesterday sentenced to death by an Emergency Supreme State Security Court for the killing…

© Amnestie Internationale - mardi 18 janvier 2011