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Monday, March 16, 2015
Mahmoud Ramadan was sentenced to death on charges of murder in relation to clashes that erupted in Alexandria on July 5, 2013 in the aftermathof the removal of former Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi.
In very shocking videos circulated online widely, Ramadan and a group of men are seen on the rooftop of a building participating in an attack on a smaller group of young men huddled on a water tower. The video shows the attackers throwing at least two of the young men off the tower, about 20 feet onto the roof below. Egyptian officials said Mr. Ramadan had confessed to murdering one of the teenagers.
Ramadan was arrested on July 7, 2013 with 57 other people and was facing charges including the murder of four people, attempted murder of eight people, unauthorized protest, destroying public and private property, using violence and belonging to a banned group. Ramadan was sentenced to death and the 57 others to life imprisonment.
A lot of Egyptians received the court decisions with relief. Conversely, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) firmly opposes the death penalty for all crimes and in all circumstances, as it considers it an inhumane treatment and in some cases a form of torture. Further, FIDH fears that the conviction was a result of an unfair trial.
FIDH reiterated its call for the immediate cancellation of all death sentences, and the ordering of re-trials while making sure that fair trial guarantees will be respected in accordance with international standards. The Egyptian authorities should ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, according to the organization.
FIDH calls on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to denounce the execution and call upon the Egyptian authorities to refrain from carrying out any further executions.
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