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The misdemeanors appeals court in Heliopolis on Monday extended the detention of Safwat al-Sherif, the former secretary general of the disbanded National Democratic Party (NDP), for 45 days.
Sherif arrived to the North Cairo Court in Abbasseya on...
Bishop Moussa, the Coptic Orthodox Church's bishop for youth, has denied earlier reports that Pope Shenouda III has withdrawn his call for Copts to end their protest before the Egyptian Radio and Television Union building on the Maspero Corniche...
Egypt's former tourism minister Zoheir Garana was jailed for five years on Tuesday on charges of corruption, a judicial source said.
Garana, who was sentenced along with two businessmen, was charged with wasting public funds worth US$51 million...
The families of several martyrs of the 25 January revolution threatened to set the city of Suez on fire for banning them from attending the first trial hearing of the city’s security director and other officers who are charged with killing...
The Supreme State Security Court on Monday ordered the release of 16 out of 25 people detained pending investigation in the “Zeitoun” terrorist cell case.
The stated reason for the release is that the maximum period for detention for...
Former parliament speaker Fathi Sorour has been detained for 15 days pending investigation. He is charged with abusing his power for personal profit, which he denies.
Investigations revealed that Sorour owned real estate in Cairo and other...
Firefighters on Tuesday succeeded in extinguishing the blaze that erupted at 5 PM in the communications department on the top floor of the Interior Ministry building, creating a huge cloud of smoke over downtown Cairo.
They are currently evaluating...
Egypt’s general prosecution has charged eight Muslim activists were protesting in solidarity with Christian Copts with illegal rallying, rioting, damaging public property, and assailing police officers on duty.
The eight were arrested during a...
The Supreme State Security Court on Thursday sentenced Abdel Hameed Othman, a senior figure in the extremist group Gamaa Islamiya, to 50 years imprisonment.
Othman, known as “Abu Aqrab,” is charged with terrorism and the assassinations...
The Supreme State Security Court has decided to postpone delivering its verdict until Thursday in the case of Abdel Hamid Abu Aqrab, a senior figure in Gamaa Islamiya, the terrorist group that assassinated a number of security officials in Assiut...
