An Egyptian military court on Wednesday upheld life sentences for 32 people accused of plotting to kill Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and a former Saudi crown prince, the defendants’ lawyer said. Egyptian military’s high appeals court [ More … ]
A military court has sentenced Egypt’s former anti-corruption chief to five years in prison on charges of spreading false news harmful to the military, his lawyer said. Human rights group Amnesty International condemned the sentencing [ More … ]
The hangings came days after the largest mass execution in recent Egyptian memory Egyptian prison authorities executed five inmates on Tuesday. The prisoners had been sentenced to death, four of them allegedly over a bombing [ More … ]
As the presidential elections scheduled to take place in 2018, the political arena seems empty of any candidates. Some declared their withdrawal from the elections, other hinted that he would exit the elections and the [ More … ]
Amnesty International has called on the Egyptian authorities to retry all those convicted in the case known as 174/west Cairo military court before an ordinary, civilian court without recourse to the death penalty and in [ More … ]
An Egyptian military court jailed Thursday 17 civilians for allegedly committing violence, according to a local human rights activist, reported Anadolu Agency. The court slapped ten defendants with a life sentence each in absentia for [ More … ]
A military court in Egypt sentenced 418 opponents to prison terms ranging from two years to life in prison for their alleged involvement in violence at a police station in August 2013, according to a [ More … ]
The Egyptian members of parliament have prepared a proposal to amend the controversial protest law number 107 of 2013, according to Al-Ahram (a state-owned newspaper). The human rights committee in parliament has already begun soliciting proposed changes [ More … ]
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