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Latest in Tag: court

Douma trial postponed
Renowned activist accused of committing violence in 2011

Minya court acquits 91 arrested following Rabaa dispersal
Defendants were accused of protesting without a permit and assaulting security forces

Prosecutor sends 163 to court for committing āmassacreā
Defendants are facing charges of murder and attacking security forces

5 sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for amputating manās finger
Verdict comes after allegations of torture against pro-Morsi supporters in Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in

2 to serve 1-year suspended sentence for sexual harassment
Accused were sentenced to another yearās hard labour for attacking a police conscript immediately after the harassment of female victims

Ban on Mubarak party members in upcoming elections overturned
Court cites lack of corruption evidence against National Democratic Party members to uphold decision

Former PM Qandil ordered release from prison
Court accepts Hesham Qandil’s appeal against one-year prison sentence

High-profile Jihadist trial postponed
The defendant, Mohamed al-Zawahiri, a high-ranking leader of militant group Al-Salafeya Al-Jihadeya is charged with āendangering national securityā

The special court for Sierra Leone rests ā for good
The court, ruling in April 2012, found Mr Taylor guilty of five counts of crimes against humanity, five counts of war crimes and one count of other serious violations of international humanitarian law perpetrated by Sierra Leoneās Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, who he supported.

17 on trial for post-Rabaa Al-Adaweya violence
Prosecution accuses 17 individuals of killing six citizens in Alexandria the day after the August 2013 dispersals

Mubarak sons released on EGP 1M bail over illicit gains charges
Alaa and Gamal Mubarak to remain in custody, serving a four-year prison sentence for embezzlement

Morsi āPresidential Palaceā trial postponed until Thursday
Cairo Criminal Court puts trial on hold due to absence of witnesses
Another journalist sentenced to prison
Suez court gives Ahmed Rahman Shaheen three years
More sentenced in Mansoura āviolence and terrorismā cases
Prison sentences vary from one year to life in prison

We must respect judicial rulings: Al-Sisi
Egyptian foreign ministry āstrongly rejectsā foreign comments on Al-Jazeera journalistsā sentencing; US calls on Al-Sisi to pardon sentenced defendants
Journalists investigated for violating controversial Protest Law
Investigators are looking into events held at the Press Syndicate to show solidarity with blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 others recently sentenced to prison

64 revolutionary anniversary detainees acquitted
68 detainees appealed two-year hard labour prison sentence with 64 acquitted
24 sentenced to life imprisonment in Mansoura for killing taxi driver
Court specialising in terrorism cases sentences the two dozen, allegedly associated to the banned Muslim Brotherhood

Britain summons Egyptian ambassador over Jazeera verdicts
Two British journalists working for the network were handed 10-year sentences.

Tahrir mass assault trial scheduled for Wednesday
At least 12 face trial for mass sexual assault during three separate demonstrations in Tahrir Square this year

Sexual harasser sentenced to 1 year
Swift prison sentence for bus passenger who took a photo of a sleeping woman

Protest Law to be appealed before SCC
An NGO and a law centre had both filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the infamous law

Morsi āPrison Breakā trial postponed
Testimony set to conclude on 28 June

Two men face trial for assaulting policeman, sexually harassing two women
Police arrests eighth suspect in Tahrir sexual assault incident while YouTube removes videos of sexual assault where victim is identified

High-profile Muslim Brotherhood trial postponed
Badie, Erian, 12 others accused of inciting violence at Istiqama Mosque

Alaa Abdel Fattah and othersā prison sentence widely condemned
Abdel Fattahās sisters protest the sentence outside the presidential palace; verdict described by Amnesty as āoutrageous travesty of Justiceā

Misr Al-Qawia Party calls for the release of its student member
AFTE releases report documenting studentsā political activism since the January 2011 revolution

āUnjust to focusā on Rafah: Egyptian ambassador to Palestine
For the past 11 months, Egyptian authorities have repeatedly shut down the border crossing and it is estimated that thousands need to travel

Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood āPresidential Palaceā trial delayed
Court will hear additional testimony when it resumes later this month

Alaa Abdel Fattah, 24 others handed 15-year sentences
Accused sentenced in absentia for breaching Protest Law; Abdel Fattah and two other defendants arrested shortly afterwards