penal code

Banha Criminal Court sentenced a defendant on Tuesday to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old child at…

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli met Wednesday with President of the National Council for Women Maya Morsi to follow up on…

Egypt’s Parliament approved on Tuesday a bill with amendments to the Penal Code, allowing authorities to jail family members of…

The Egyptian parliament's Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee has postponed its decision on whether to amend the Penal Code by…

According to judicial sources, Egypt’s judiciary has proposed a number of amendments to the penal code, which would make the…

State Council’s legislative department approved amending provisions of the penal code to increase the penalty of kidnappying to life in…

The government still drafts laws to restrict the rights and freedoms of citizens like under ousted President Hosni Mubarak, the…

A new emergency law is currently being prepared to enable the country's president to combat thuggery, Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky…