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Turkish court jails 6 human rights activists pending trial
Middle East
July 18, 2017
Turkish court jails 6 human rights activists pending trial
A court in Istanbul ordered six human rights activists, including Amnesty International’s Turkey director, formally arrested Tuesday pending a trial…
7 Alexandria lawyers on trial over Tiran and Sanafir protests
Egypt
July 9, 2017
7 Alexandria lawyers on trial over Tiran and Sanafir protests
East Alexandria Prosecution office referred seven lawyers to trial Sunday on charges of demonstrating without a permit and gathering in the…
Court imprisons 2 protesters against Red Sea island agreement
Egypt
July 8, 2017
Court imprisons 2 protesters against Red Sea island agreement
Giza court on Saturday upheld a five-year imprisonment sentence against 2 defendants, on charges of demonstrating without a permit and…
41-member human organ trafficking ring to stand trial
Egypt
July 5, 2017
41-member human organ trafficking ring to stand trial
Egypt’s top prosecutor on Tuesday referred 41 suspects to trial on criminal charges of illegally harvesting and transplanting human organs,…
High Court upholds earlier verdict against 4 police officers in death by torture case, after 8 years
Egypt
May 23, 2017
High Court upholds earlier verdict against 4 police officers in death by torture case, after 8 years
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Tuesday rejected the appeal of four police officers against a court ruling sentencing them to…
Court set to rule on assassins of late Prosecutor General
Egypt
May 13, 2017
Court set to rule on assassins of late Prosecutor General
Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday set a June 10 session to issue its verdict against the defendants charged in the…
Egypt court sentences cleric to death in absentia
Egypt
May 2, 2017
Egypt court sentences cleric to death in absentia
An Egyptian court has sentenced a hard-line cleric to death in absentia on charges of establishing a "terror group" after…
11 Zamalek Ultras imprisoned for conspiring to kill Mortada Mansour
Egypt
April 22, 2017
11 Zamalek Ultras imprisoned for conspiring to kill Mortada Mansour
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Sunday upheld an earlier ruling for Giza Criminal Court sentencing 11 members of Ultras White…
Court upholds Interior Ministry refusal, denying a British national access to Egypt
Egypt
March 26, 2017
Court upholds Interior Ministry refusal, denying a British national access to Egypt
The Supreme Administrative Court rejected on Saturday the challenge filed against Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar from a British national…
Court obliges AUC to receive tuition fees only in Egyptian pounds
Egypt
March 13, 2017
Court obliges AUC to receive tuition fees only in Egyptian pounds
The Administrative Court has ordered the American University in Cairo (AUC) to receive its tuition fees from Egyptian students only…