Fatma Abo Shanab
Trial of officers accused of killing protesters adjourned
Egypt
June 5, 2011
Trial of officers accused of killing protesters adjourned
An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed to 3 July the trial of 13 police officers working at the Imbaba and…
Former Shura Council speaker’s detention extended for 45 days
Egypt
May 24, 2011
Former Shura Council speaker’s detention extended for 45 days
The misdemeanors appeals court in Heliopolis on Monday extended the detention of Safwat al-Sherif, the former secretary general of the…
Families of revolution martyrs threaten to set Suez ablaze
Egypt
May 8, 2011
Families of revolution martyrs threaten to set Suez ablaze
The families of several martyrs of the 25 January revolution threatened to set the city of Suez on fire for…
Court releases 16 suspects in ‘Zeitoun’ terrorist cell case
Egypt
April 18, 2011
Court releases 16 suspects in ‘Zeitoun’ terrorist cell case
The Supreme State Security Court on Monday ordered the release of 16 out of 25 people detained pending investigation in…
Charges filed against Alex church protesters
Egypt
January 5, 2011
Charges filed against Alex church protesters
Egypt’s general prosecution has charged eight Muslim activists were protesting in solidarity with Christian Copts with illegal rallying, rioting, damaging…
Gamaa Islamiya senior figure sentenced to 50 years imprisonment
Egypt
December 23, 2010
Gamaa Islamiya senior figure sentenced to 50 years imprisonment
The Supreme State Security Court on Thursday sentenced Abdel Hameed Othman, a senior figure in the extremist group Gamaa Islamiya,…
Verdict postponed for Gamaa Islamiya senior figure
Egypt
December 21, 2010
Verdict postponed for Gamaa Islamiya senior figure
The Supreme State Security Court has decided to postpone delivering its verdict until Thursday in the case of Abdel Hamid…
Policemen in Sayeda Zeinab brutality case referred to criminal court
Egypt
December 2, 2010
Policemen in Sayeda Zeinab brutality case referred to criminal court
Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud on Thursday approved the transfer of two police officers and two members of the secret…
Activists demand release of Copts detained in Giza church riots
Egypt
November 25, 2010
Activists demand release of Copts detained in Giza church riots
Dozens of political and human rights activists protested on Thursday before the Public Prosecutor's office in downtown Cairo to demand…
Officer charged with using excessive force in Sharabiya
Egypt
October 18, 2010
Officer charged with using excessive force in Sharabiya
Sharabiya Prosecutor's Office has charged a police officer with using excessive violence against two men at Abuwafiya Bridge. The officer…
Depressed schoolteacher leaps from tenth-story balcony
Egypt
October 10, 2010
Depressed schoolteacher leaps from tenth-story balcony
A schoolteacher took her own life on Sunday by jumping off of a tenth-floor balcony after her 80-year-old father remarried…
International crime gang trial postponed to October
Egypt
October 3, 2010
International crime gang trial postponed to October
The Heliopolis Misdemeanors Court has postponed to 24 October the trial of members of an international ring of thieves charged…
Security arrests international gang in Cairo
Egypt
August 22, 2010
Security arrests international gang in Cairo
Security forces in Cairo arrested 11 suspects from Columbia, Venezuela, and Mexico on charges of theft. The accused allegedly stole…
Maadi boatman gets 10-year prison term
Egypt
July 31, 2010
Maadi boatman gets 10-year prison term
Ali Eweis, the boatman charged with the involuntary manslaughter of nine girls and the injury of three others after his…
Ruling in Maadi boat accident postponed
Egypt
July 25, 2010
Ruling in Maadi boat accident postponed
The Maadi Misdemeanor Court has postponed issuing a ruling in the Maadi boat accident case until 31 July.Boatman Ali Eweis,18, …
Maadi boat operator to face trial Saturday
Egypt
July 21, 2010
Maadi boat operator to face trial Saturday
Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud on Wednesday referred Ali Eweis, operator of the Maadi boat that capsized on Thursday killing…
Day with the river rescue in search of Maadi boat victims
Egypt
July 20, 2010
Day with the river rescue in search of Maadi boat victims
Al-Masry Al-Youm spent a day with the river rescue forces searching for the bodies of Demiana Ateyya, 8, and Rosesine…
Tunsi overpass in ‘bad condition’: Committee
Egypt
June 28, 2010
Tunsi overpass in ‘bad condition’: Committee
An engineering committee formed by government rail and road authorities to inspect Cairo's Tunsi overpass, from which a car plummeted…
Friday Market traders block ring road
Egypt
June 24, 2010
Friday Market traders block ring road
Merchants from Cairo's Friday market, which was set ablaze on Tuesday as the result of a car accident, blocked the…
Merchants threaten protest following market blaze
Egypt
June 23, 2010
Merchants threaten protest following market blaze
Merchants at Cairo's Friday market, which was set ablaze on Tuesday after a car fell from an overpass and exploded…