Capital Punishment

Ashmawi; Egypt’s famous executioner dies

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 - 12:16 GMT

Al-Fiqi was born in 1940s, and joined the Ministry of Interior in 1970s.

Italian anti-death penalty delegation visits Marg Prison

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 - 05:23 GMT

Delegations from Hands off Cain, an anti-death penalty organization based in Brussels, and the Arab Organization for Human Rights visited Marg Prison in Qalyubia Wednesday.

Alabama to execute inmate, 83, oldest in modern U.S. history

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 - 03:24 GMT

Alabama is set on Thursday to execute an 83-year-old convicted pipe-bomb killer, said to be the oldest person put to death in the modern era of U.S. capital punishment.

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