African Union asks Egypt to hold off on executions

An African Union (AU) commission had been planning to investigate claims into the lawfulness of death sentences passed in Egypt, after the Ikhwan’s Freedom and Justice Party approached the AU’s People and Human Rights Commission to file a formal complaint “ over the fate of several detainees put on death row and left with no appeal right,” African Bulletin reports. The commission’s request was overlooked and the Egyptian state went ahead with the execution of 15 prisoners last month, prompting another outcry from the Ikhwan’s political party.