{"id":19344,"date":"2021-06-27T11:51:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T11:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/?p=19344"},"modified":"2021-06-28T12:24:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T12:24:46","slug":"ngos-call-stopegyexecutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2021\/06\/27\/ngos-call-stopegyexecutions\/","title":{"rendered":"NGOs call for action to #StopEgyExecutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Monday, June 28, over a dozen human rights organizations will join in a campaign to demand a halt to executions in Egypt. Led by Reprieve, a UK-based rights advocacy group, the organizations will publish a joint letter and call for a Tweetstorm using the hashtag #StopEgyExecutions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch of the campaign coincides with the end of a two week period in which the men could be granted amnesty. On June 14, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/06\/18\/egypt-commute-death-sentences-raba-protestors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Egypt\u2019s high court upheld death sentences for the 12 men<\/a>, including senior leaders in the country\u2019s political opposition. The ruling, which cannot be appealed, places the men on death row and their execution may be imminent. Egypt is one of the world\u2019s worst executioners, carrying out dozens of executions each year, despite systematic violations in its courts (<a href=\"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2021\/05\/24\/the-death-penalty-in-egypt-ten-year-after-the-uprising\/\">read our report here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe execution of these twelve men must not go forward.\u201d said Jeed Basyouni, who leads Reprieve\u2019s work on the death penalty in the Middle East and North Africa. \u201cWith flaws at all stages of this unlawful mass trial, the men were never given the opportunity of a fair hearing. 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