There have been 15 executions in Egypt this month.

Amnesty International’s North Africa Campaigns Director Najia Bounaim says the trial of 28 people found guilty of the 2015 killing of prosecutor Hisham Barakat was grossly unfair.

The rights activists says it’s testimony to the magnitude of injustice in Egypt.

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all circumstances because it violates the right to life.

The organization also deplores the execution earlier this month of three men found guilty of the 2014 killing of a judge’s son.

It says the trials involved torture of suspects to force confessions.

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