Egyptian authorities on Wednesday executed nine youths convicted of assassinating the country's prosecutor-general in 2015, according to local media.
The death sentence was carried out despite calls by international human rights organization - including Amnesty International – for the Egyptian authorities to halt the execution.
In November, the Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest appellate court, upheld the death sentence against the nine after being convicted in the death of Hisham Barakat, who was killed in a car bombing in eastern Cairo.
Ahmed Taha, the son of Muhammad Taha Wahdan, a member of the Guidance Office of Muslim Brotherhood, was among the executions, while Ahmed Taha was the first person to be executed said Egyptian media organizations.
The names of the young people executed are as follows;
Ahmed Taha, Ebul Kasim Ahmed, Ahmed Jamal Hijazi, Mahmud al-Ahmadi, Abu Bakr al-Sayyid, Abdurrahman Suleiman, Ahmed Muhammad, Ahmed Mahrus Sayyid, and Islam Muhammad.
Amnesty International asked on Tuesday that the Egyptian authorities halt the execution of those 9 people.
In a statement on Wednesday, Amnesty International said the execution of nine Ikhwan members is a monumental disgrace, which underlined they have executed after an unfair trial.
"By carrying out the executions of these nine men today Egypt has demonstrated an absolute disregard for the right to life," said Najia Bounaim, Amnesty International's North Africa Campaigns Director.
Bounaim stated that executing men who were convicted in trials marred by torture allegations is not justice but a testament to the magnitude of injustice in the country.
The Egyptian Supreme Court approved the death penalty in November 2018 for nine defendants who were tried in the assassination case of chief prosecutor Hisham Barakat in 2015.
The defendants rejected the charges against them during the trial and stated that their statements were taken under torture.