Nine men executed in Egypt for 2015 prosecutor general assassination

Leading today’s coverage of Egypt in the Western press is the execution of nine men yesterday for the 2015 assassination of then-Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat, Reuters reports. Amnesty International had called for their release, citing unfair trials and confessions extracted under torture, then issued a statement following the executions stating that they demonstrate “Egypt’s absolute disregard for life.” The Guardian picked up the story, noting that this brings the total number of executions to 15 in under three weeks. Deutsche Welle and AFP also have coverage.