{"id":17341,"date":"2025-05-13T08:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T08:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=17341"},"modified":"2025-05-13T08:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T08:20:29","slug":"death-of-egypts-execution-judge-sparks-national-reckoning-with-judicial-injustice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/13\/death-of-egypts-execution-judge-sparks-national-reckoning-with-judicial-injustice\/","title":{"rendered":"Death of Egypt\u2019s \u201cExecution Judge\u201d Sparks National Reckoning with Judicial Injustice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-He has passed \u2014 the man once viewed not as a judge upholding justice, but as a whip in the hands of power. Counselor Shaaban El-Shamy, known as the \u201cExecution Judge,\u201d is dead, but the legacy of his rulings remains etched in the memory of Egyptians. He departed without erasing from the minds of thousands the images of mass trials, hasty death sentences, and courtrooms that turned into execution chambers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1508\">He was never a judge in the true legal sense \u2014 not an independent figure upholding the scales of justice \u2014 but a tool of the regime, delivering rulings on command in courtrooms that lacked even the minimum standards of fairness. His death, therefore, was not just passing news \u2014Egypt for millions of Egyptians, it marked a symbolic moment of triumph, described by many as &#8220;delayed justice from above.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1751\">Social media platforms were flooded with comments expressing schadenfreude \u2014 not joy at death itself, but at the fall of a man seen as a symbol of injustice and a leading face of judicial oppression who weaponized the law for political ends.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\ud83d\udd34\u0631\u062d\u0644 &#8220;\u0642\u0627\u0636\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u062f\u0627\u0645\u0627\u062a&#8221; \u0634\u0639\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0627\u0645\u064a\u060c \u0641\u062a\u0646\u0641\u0651\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u0631\u064a\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0639\u062f\u0627\u0621\u060c \u0645\u0639\u062a\u0628\u0631\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0645\u0627\u062a\u0629 \u0628\u0648\u0641\u0627\u062a\u0647 \u062d\u0642\u064b\u0627 \u0645\u0634\u0631\u0648\u0639\u064b\u0627 \u0648\u0639\u0632\u0627\u0621\u064b \u0644\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0643\u0648\u0628\u064a\u0646<br \/>\n\u0648\u062a\u0646\u0641\u064a\u0633\u064b\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0645\u0638\u0644\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0646 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u062d\u064a\u0646 \u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0635\u0627\u0635 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0633\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631<\/p>\n<p>\u0644\u0643\u0646 \u0625\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0648\u062a \u0642\u0627\u0636\u064d \u0636\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0638\u0648\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0627\u0633\u062f\u0629 \u0642\u062f \u0623\u062b\u0627\u0631 \u0643\u0644 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u062d \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u0644\u060c \u0641\u0643\u064a\u0641 \u0633\u064a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0644 \u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0631\u062d\u064a\u0644 \u0631\u0623\u0633\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cFjaEuhnTU\">pic.twitter.com\/cFjaEuhnTU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0648\u0637\u0646. \u064a\u063a\u0631\u062f \u062e\u0627\u0631\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u0628 (@watanserb_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/watanserb_news\/status\/1922057401152504111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1753\" data-end=\"2168\">Yet one question lingers: what about the head of the regime itself? If the death of a single judge could trigger this much response, how monumental will the fall be of the ruler who governed with iron and fire \u2014 who crushed freedoms, silenced voices, sold off land, and plunged the country into debt? Will his eventual fall \u2014 whether by natural death or political downfall \u2014 be remembered as a national celebration?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2170\" data-end=\"2349\">Many believe that such a moment, whatever its form, will mark a turning point in modern Egyptian history \u2014 a reckoning with an entire era of oppression, regression, and brutality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2351\" data-end=\"2583\">Physical departure alone is not enough \u2014 but the collective memory never forgets. The death of Shaaban El-Shamy will remain engraved in the minds of Egyptians, not as the loss of a judge, but as the fall of a symbol of fake justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-He has passed \u2014 the man once viewed not as a judge upholding justice, but as a whip in the hands of power. Counselor Shaaban El-Shamy, known as the \u201cExecution Judge,\u201d is dead, but the legacy of his rulings remains etched in the memory of Egyptians. 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