Egyptian authorities executed five people early on Tuesday who allegedly belonged to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group. The defendants were convicted of executing a terrorist attack in Kafr al-Sheikh governorate in April of 2015. The terrorist attack left three students in the Egyptian Military Academy dead and several others were injured. Lawyer of the defendants filed an appeal against the tentative death penalty that was released previously. However, the appeal was rejected by a high military court. The trial of Kafr al-Sheikh terrorist incident was full of shortcomings and corruption, according to the Egyptian Coordination of Rights and Freedoms (ECRF). The rights organization stated in one of its reports that the lawyers of defendants filed several proofs –official reports and documents– that they were forcibly disappeared 70 days prior to the attack. ECRF further added the National Security is aware of their disappearance, claiming that the defendants were subject to torture in order to admit their involvement in the incident. Additionally, the report claimed that security cameras in the terrorist attack’s place weren’t examined despite the demands of the lawyers. The latest execution of a death sentence was in December when 15 people were executed…
