Egypt has executed 16 people in one week in the northern city of Alexandria as it continues to carry out the death penalty at an alarming rate. On Sunday, eight men and one woman were hanged at the Cairo Appeals Prison which holds prisoners on death row. The previous Monday prison authorities at Borg Al-Arab Prison in Alexandria executed seven people. The executions follow a June ruling that sparked international outrage when Egypt’s highest appeals court upheld the death sentence against 12 Muslim Brotherhood members including senior leaders. They were accused of charges including violence against police during the violent dispersal of the Rabaa Al-Adawiya sit-in.= Egypt’s President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, had 14 days from the ruling to issue a presidential pardon, the last … Continue reading Egypt executes 16 people in one week