{UAH} Seminar:When will the execution of innocent people in Egypt stop
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The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK invites you to a timely seminar about the growing human rights violations committed by the Sisi regime against the Egyptian people. The seminar will gather experts to discuss the growing use of the death penalty in Egypt, its human rights implications, and the international response to such atrocities.
Since 2013 about 2,240 persons have been sentenced to death and referred to the Grand Mufti for approval. Among these, 1157 have been approved by the Grand Mufti. So far 96 people have been sentenced to death after exhausting all legal means of appeal. Among them, 46 have been executed. The defendants have been subjected to torture in order to extract false confessions. All of the sentences have been issued without fair trail and constitute grave violations of international Law.
The international community has turned its back on the Egyptian people whose human rights are being violated.
We hope you can participate in our seminar to discuss the increasingly dangerous situation within Egypt.
Speakers:
Ben Keith
Barrister at 5 St Andrew's Hill, he specialises in human rights and extradition proceedings in post-soviet states including Russia and Azerbaijan. He is also the Associate Lecturer in Human Rights at Birkbeck College, University of London.
Bill Law
Is a former BBC journalist who has worked extensively in the Gulf states and the wider Middle East
Rhys Davies
British barrister specialising in international criminal law and human rights law. He is a member of the List of Counsel for the International Criminal Court and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
Dr Maha Azzam
Human rights activist and Head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council and She is Chair of Egyptians for Democracy, UK. She was Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House (2002-2015) and an advisor on the MENA panel at the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Aidan Ellis
Barrister practising at Temple Garden Chambers, London and The Hague. He is a specialist in International human rights law. He has appeared in cases before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as well as the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Hannah Phillips
Researcher at the Arab Organisation for Human Rights, focusing on human rights challenges in the Middle East.
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