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Appeals Court upholds conviction of Alexandrian political activist
Egypt
October 17, 2010
Appeals Court upholds conviction of Alexandrian political activist
A misdemeanor appeal court today upheld an earlier verdict that convicted a political activist of assaulting and libeling a policeman,…
Workers face trial after protesting labor conditions
Egypt
August 22, 2010
Workers face trial after protesting labor conditions
An Egyptian military court began hearings in the case of eight workers at the Helwan for Engineering Industries on Sunday.…
AI calls for Egypt to drop charges against three activists
Egypt
July 30, 2010
AI calls for Egypt to drop charges against three activists
International human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called for the Egyptian authorities to drop all charges against two leading human…
Amnesty criticizes Egypt over rights lawyers, blogger trial
Egypt
May 27, 2010
Amnesty criticizes Egypt over rights lawyers, blogger trial
Amnesty International criticized Egypt's use of a defamation law to pursue three activists for slander and blackmail after they allegedly…
Harsh prison sentences for ‘Hizbullah cell’ members
Egypt
April 28, 2010
Harsh prison sentences for ‘Hizbullah cell’ members
An Egyptian Supreme State Security court on Wednesday sentenced 26 defendants who had been charged with membership in the Lebanese…
UN envoys: 9/11 suspects should face civilian court
World
March 9, 2010
UN envoys: 9/11 suspects should face civilian court
United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in…
Blogger’s military trial dismissed
Egypt
March 7, 2010
Blogger’s military trial dismissed
Twenty-one-year-old engineering student and blogger Ahmed Mostafa, arrested two weeks ago on charges of defaming the Egyptian Armed Forces, was…
Officer ‘falsified’ documents in Hizbullah cell case
Egypt
February 22, 2010
Officer ‘falsified’ documents in Hizbullah cell case
The trial of 26 men accused of belonging to a Hizbullah cell resumed Sunday in a Supreme State Security Court.Nasser…
Islamophobia on trial in Holland
World
February 20, 2010
Islamophobia on trial in Holland
Amsterdam--Dutch politician Geert Wilders faces trial in his own country on charges of hatred and discrimination against Muslims. Wilders, a…
HRW calls for Egypt to transfer Zeitoun trial to criminal court
Egypt
February 15, 2010
HRW calls for Egypt to transfer Zeitoun trial to criminal court
The trial before Egypt’s State Security Court of 25 defendants accused of membership in a terrorist organization fails to protect…