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April 19, 2020

Saudi Arabia’s mass trial of Jordanians and Palestinians raises serious concerns

After holding some of the detainees for nearly two years without charge, Saudi authorities began a mass trial behind closed doors on 8 March 2020 at the Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh.
March 9, 2020

Urgent appeal to Egypt for release of four minors facing death sentences

After their arrest, the minors were held incommunicado for several months, tortured to obtain confessions, and denied their right to a fair trial.
July 27, 2019

Three men executed in Bahrain amid international outcry

Bahraini human rights organisation says the executions only happened 'because of the unconditional support lent to dictator Hamad by Washington and London'.
July 26, 2019

Bahraini men tortured and convicted in mass trial 'at imminent risk of execution'

The executions seem timed to coincide with legislative recesses in order to avoid international scrutiny, says the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy.
June 12, 2019

A death sentence commuted in Egypt, but justice denied, says Reprieve

Egypt’s highest court has recognised that Ahmed Saddouma, sentenced to death in a mass trial in 2018, was a child at the time of his alleged offences. His sentence has accordingly been commuted to 15 years imprisonment.
September 9, 2018

'Disgraceful' mass trial in Egypt results in 75 death sentences

Amnesty International has condemned as “disgraceful” a series of sentences handed down in Egypt on 8 Spetember 2018, in a mass trial related to participation in the Rabaa sit-in in Cairo during August 2013.
August 18, 2017

Irish student enters fifth year of Egyptian detention

A student from Dublin has entered his fifth year of detention in Egypt. Ibrahim Halawa, who was a juvenile when he was arrested, faces the death penalty.
November 11, 2016

Politicians call for release of Irishman jailed in Egypt

Northern Ireland Assembly members have come together in a show of solidarity to call for the release of 20 year-old Irishman, Ibrahim Halawa, who has been unlawfully imprisoned in Egypt for more than three years
April 13, 2016

Concerns after Irish juvenile ‘disappears’ from Egyptian jail

The Irish government has faced criticism after it was forced to correct a statement on the whereabouts of Ibrahim Halawa, a juvenile from Dublin who faces the death penalty in Egypt.
November 4, 2015

Cameron must urge Sisi to end mass death sentences says Reprieve.

David Cameron must use a visit by Egypt’s President Sisi to urge an end to mass trials and death sentences for political prisoners, including an Irish teenager held since 2013, human rights organisation Reprieve has said.