No guarantee that FGM law amendments will discourage practice: researcher
The cabinet recently extended the penalty for practitioners from a five-year prison sentence up to seven years
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Court lifts media gag on Hisham Barakat case
Cairo Criminal Court lifted the previously imposed media gag in the case of former general prosecutor Hisham Barakat’s assassination on Tuesday. The court resumed the case on Tuesday. Defendants are facing several charges that include establishing an illegal group, executing hostile operations against judges, army, and police officers, targeting diplomatic headquarters, and aiming to destroy …
FGM practitioners to receive 7 years imprisonment: health minister
Minister of Health Ahmed Emad announced Sunday that the cabinet approved a draft amendment to the law on female genital mutilation (FGM) to extend the punishment of its practitioner to reach seven years in prison. This amendment replaced a previous one, asserting that individuals who are proven to practice FGM should be imprisoned from three …
Prosecution to investigate alleged embezzlement in Press Syndicate
The syndicate head is accused of not informing the members of alleged corruption
State-run newspaper accuses foreign media of conspiring against Egypt
BBC, CNN, Reuters, and AP are collaborators seeking to tarnish Egypt’s reputation, according to a report published by Al-Ahram
Trump wants to partner with Al-Sisi, Abdullah of Jordan and Israel to fight IS
US presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Monday that he is willing to work with Egypt, Jordan, and Israel to extinguish Islamic extremism. “We will work side by side with our friends in the Middle East, including our greatest ally Israel. We will partner with King Abdullah of Jordan and the president of Egypt, President …
Parliament committee meets with ministers to discuss African relations
The House of Representatives’ African Affairs Committee will meet with the Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Mohamed Idris, to discuss ideas on how to deepen Egypt’s relations with Africa. The meeting will also include representatives for the ministries of water resources and agriculture, committee chairperson Hatem Pashat told Daily News Egypt. Pashat said that …
Military court postpones verdict on Alexandria Shipyard workers to 16 August
27 workers stand accused of inciting protests in the company