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Egypt’s judges divided over controversial new judicial authority law
Egypt
April 29, 2017
Egypt’s judges divided over controversial new judicial authority law
Egypt’s judges are divided over the controversial new judicial authority law ratified by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday, which…
State Council Club will not supervise upcoming parliamentary election in objection to new Judicial Authority Law
Egypt
April 27, 2017
State Council Club will not supervise upcoming parliamentary election in objection to new Judicial Authority Law
The Egyptian State Council's Judges Club announced it would not supervise the upcoming parliamentary elections in objection to the new Judicial Authority…
20 defendants sentenced to death in 2013 Kerdasa police station violence
Egypt
April 24, 2017
20 defendants sentenced to death in 2013 Kerdasa police station violence
Cairo Criminal Court, headed by Judge Mohamed Sherin Fahmy, sentenced 20 defendants on Monday to death in their retrial, along…
Senior State Council judges to meet Sisi over judicial authority crisis
Egypt
April 4, 2017
Senior State Council judges to meet Sisi over judicial authority crisis
The Emergency General Assembly of the State Council commissioned on Monday the special council, which is the highest administrative authority of…
Judicial authority refers to president to solve new bill crisis
Egypt
March 30, 2017
Judicial authority refers to president to solve new bill crisis
The crisis surrounding the newly-announched amendments to the judicial authority bill escalated on Wednesday as the advisory council of judges'…
Top court clears Mubarak’s tourism minister from corruption charges
Egypt
March 1, 2017
Top court clears Mubarak’s tourism minister from corruption charges
Egypt's Court of Cassation on Tuesday cleared former tourism minister Zoheir Garana from corruption charges, scraping an earlier ruling by…
Egyptian court rejects appeal by Islamist militant Adel Habara over death sentence
Egypt
December 10, 2016
Egyptian court rejects appeal by Islamist militant Adel Habara over death sentence
Egypt's Court of Cassation rejected an appeal made by prominent Islamist militant Adel Habara over his death sentence, judicial sources…
Court of Cassation grants Mubarak-era figure retrial over illicit gains
Egypt
December 10, 2016
Court of Cassation grants Mubarak-era figure retrial over illicit gains
Egypt's Court of Cassation on Saturday overturned a ruling convicting a major Mubarak-era public figure of illicit gains and granting…
Court of Cassation overturns life imprisonment against Morsi
Egypt
November 22, 2016
Court of Cassation overturns life imprisonment against Morsi
Egypt's Court of Cassation on Tuesday overturned a ruling handed down for the death penalty against prominent figures of the…
Egyptian high court reverses 14 death sentences against Islamists
Egypt
October 20, 2016
Egyptian high court reverses 14 death sentences against Islamists
Egypt's highest court on Wednesday quashed death sentences imposed on 14 Islamists over an attack on a police station in…