Hisham Kassem, the prominent critic of the Sisi government, was convicted of slander, defamation and verbally assaulting a police officer according to Egyptian rights group. An Egyptian court has sentenced political activist Hisham Kassem to [ More … ]
Emirates says arrest of Asim Ghafoor, an American citizen, was coordinated with the US to ‘combat transnational crimes’. The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an American citizen and the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi — [ More … ]
Egyptian activist and January Revolution icon Alaa Abdel Fattah sentenced to 5 years in prison, says judicial source Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, according to [ More … ]
Maarik al-Tawaiha found guilty of killing three American military trainers outside army base in southern Jordan A Jordanian court on Monday sentenced a soldier to life imprisonment over the killing of three American military trainers [ More … ]
A member of the Palestinian Legislative Council has been sentenced to six months administrative detention after being arrested for ties to the PFLP. Palestinian politician and rights activist Khalida Jarrar was sentenced on Wednesday to [ More … ]
Nael Barghouthi, the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner, was sentenced on Wednesday by an Israeli military court to life in prison with an additional 18-year sentence, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS said in a [ More … ]
An Israeli military court on Monday evening sentenced a teenage Palestinian girl to 18 months in prison, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS identified the girl in a statement as 15-year-old Tasnim Halabi [ More … ]
After eight months under house arrest, 48 year-old Sahar al-Natsheh is getting ready to spend three months in Israeli prison Al-Natsheh was detained on March 21, 2016 near the Bab al-Hutta Gate (Gate of Remission) [ More … ]
An Israeli military court on Sunday sentenced 14-year-old Muawiya Alqam to six-and-a-half years in prison, after being accused of carrying out a stabbing attack with his 12-year-old cousin in Jerusalem in November, According to Palestinian [ More … ]
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