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Court rejects case to strip Baradei of Order of the Nile
Egypt
February 15, 2017
Court rejects case to strip Baradei of Order of the Nile
A court rejected on Tuesday a case demanding that Noble Prize laureate Mohamed el-Baradei be stripped of the country's top decoration, Order…
Egypt Court bans Muslim Brotherhood-linked group
Egypt
February 11, 2017
Egypt Court bans Muslim Brotherhood-linked group
Abdeen Summary Proceedings Court on Saturday banned Hasm movement and declared it a terrorist organization.Lawyer Ashraf Farahat filed the case…
HRW criticises placement of over 1,500 people in Egypt on terror list
Egypt
January 25, 2017
HRW criticises placement of over 1,500 people in Egypt on terror list
International watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised the placement of hundreds of Egyptians on a terror list, in an official…
Egyptian football star Aboutrika placed on ‘terror’ list
Egypt
January 18, 2017
Egyptian football star Aboutrika placed on ‘terror’ list
Former football star Mohamed Aboutrika has been added to the Egyptian authorities' terror list by a court, based on suspicions…
Egypt drops case against mob that attacked Christian woman
Egypt
January 16, 2017
Egypt drops case against mob that attacked Christian woman
Egyptian prosecutors have thrown out a case brought by an elderly Christian woman against several members of a Muslim mob…
Ugandan LRA fighter denies atrocity charges, says he was victim
World
December 6, 2016
Ugandan LRA fighter denies atrocity charges, says he was victim
A Ugandan man accused of being a senior commander in the infamous Lord's Resistance Army pleaded not guilty to murder,…
Court sentences low-ranking police officer to life in prison for killing ‘Rehab vendor’
Egypt
November 17, 2016
Court sentences low-ranking police officer to life in prison for killing ‘Rehab vendor’
Cairo Criminal Court sentenced a low-ranking police officer to life in prison for killing street vendor in Rehab city, New…
Former Philippine dictator Marcos to get hero’s burial three decades after death
World
November 8, 2016
Former Philippine dictator Marcos to get hero’s burial three decades after death
The Philippine Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for a hero's burial for former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, resolving an…
Egypt gives life sentences to Brotherhood supporters for 2013 riot
Egypt
October 29, 2016
Egypt gives life sentences to Brotherhood supporters for 2013 riot
An Egyptian court sentenced two Muslim Brotherhood supporters on Saturday to life in prison and 16 others to 15 years…
Supreme Court hearing on Red Sea islands case begins October 8
Egypt
October 1, 2016
Supreme Court hearing on Red Sea islands case begins October 8
The State Council Administrative Court has set a date of October 8 to hear the government's appeal against an earlier…