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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The group says the ICC decision gives victims hope that those responsible for grave crimes over the past two years could be held to account,

The panel of three ICC judges will investigate how President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision two years ago to run for an unconstitutional third term ignited protests in Burundi that were suppressed by his security service and the youth league of his ruling party known as the Imbonerakure.

It will look at the allegedly unchecked abuses by these groups including rape, torture and executions.

Last month Burundi became the first country officially to withdraw from the ICC.

The court still has jurisdiction over crimes committed during the 13 years that it was a member.

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