Latest in Tag: court Highlight
Latest in Tag: court

Uber suffers legal setbacks in France and Germany
A French court has convicted and fined the US company and two of its executives for deceptive commercial practices and illegal business activity, while a court in Germany maintained a ban of the firm’s UberPop app

25 April protest group acquitted following appeal on 2-year jail term
Court orders release of 33 defendants amid ongoing series of prosecution of opponents of Red Sea islands agreement

Press on trial: syndicate leaders vow storming headquarters will not pass unnoticed
Misdemeanour court postpones trial to 18 June while defence requests investigation files

Former top auditor Hisham Geneina refuses to pay bail, referred to trial
Geneina is facing charges of harming the economy and disrupting public order.

State Council grants post-graduate degree holders right to a job
The decision includes degree holders from public, private, and foreign universities

Supreme Constitutional Court names Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek as new chief
The assembly was held in order to select an alternative for the retiring Adly Mansour

Court rejects request by 25 April detainees to break EGP 100,000 fine into instalments
Defendants now can be released if they pay the whole sum at once or serve a three-month penalty sentence for not paying the hefty fine, says lawyer

Court reverses 5-year sentence for 47 defendants over 25 April protests
The court ordered a total fine of EGP 4.7 m, EGP 100,000 fine per each detainee

Court adjourns appeal on protesters imprisonment to 4 June
Court adjourns appeal on protesters imprisonment to 4 June

9 police officers referred to court over assaulting Matariya doctors
The Doctors Syndicate said the charges directed at the police officers include unlawfully detaining the doctors, verbally and physically assaulting the doctors, and abusing power

101 protesters sentenced to 5 years in prison over 25 April protests
Fifty-four of the 101 defendants were previously released pending trial

51 defendants sentenced to 2 years in prison over 25 April protests
Photojournalist Ali Abdeenâwho was arrested while covering the protests, according Al-Fagr newspaperâwas among those sentenced on Saturday

Court rejects activist Ahmed Douma’s appeal of life sentence
Douma, 30, was handed a life sentence in February 2015 on charges of attacking the cabinet building and security personnel, as well as burning the Scientific Institute in Cairo in 2011

Courts postpone trials for 25 April protesters in Cairo to review cases
There are a total of 223 defendants across four cases, according to Al-Haqanya

French court allows recordings of Sarkozy in corruption case
Obtained by wiretap, the recordings may serve as evidence that former French President Sarkozy sought to bribe a judge. The ruling strikes a blow to his expected campaign to regain the top office.

ï»żHealth minister refers Doctors Syndicate board member to investigation
Shawky is accused of enforcing syndicate assemblyâs free healthcare decision

Appeal presented against arrest of UWK member
The appeal stated that the ruling violates the law, says defence lawyer

Thaâera Arab women network launches Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh solidarity campaign
Police officer previously convicted of shooting Al-Sabbagh to death now facing re-trial, amid concerns of âevading accountabilityâ

Court rejects request to remove Nagy Shehata from 6 April Movement trial
Defence lawyer says court violated the law, and will file a plea against the verdictÂ

Court hands sentences to 33 Brotherhood supporters
The defendants are charged with violence and violating the Protest Law

Doctors Syndicate threatens legal action against Prime Minister and Health Minister
The government has not adhered to a court verdict that would increase the compensatory payments it issues to doctors who become infected while working

Court lifts travel ban on 80 former officials accused of embezzlement
The defendants returned a total of EGP 178m in return for dropping charges against them

Court adjourns trial of 6 April coordinator to early February
Ali was charged with belonging to an outlawed organisation

Brotherhood wanted to dissolve Supreme Constitutional Court in 2013: Khamis
Committee on freezing Muslim Brotherhood assets revealed data on their activities since 2012

Social media backlash continues against Judge Nagy Shehata
âStop Nagy Shehataâ hashtag gathers different encounters with the judge

Egypt Secular Party gathers outside court in support of Islam El-Beheiry
Dozens carried signs describing Al-Azhar as the âprison of enlightened thoughtâ

Rabaâa Operations Room retrial to being in February
Criminal Court relied solely on evidence from State Security, says defence lawyer

Appeal process begins for programme host Islam El-Beheiry
El-Beheiry is appealing a sentence of five years imprisonment for charges of contempt of religion

Court sentences 3 Morsi supporters to death
The convicted were sentenced in absentia in the Imbaba case

‘Rabaa Sit-In’ trial postponed due to lack of room in court
Courtroom’s cages are too small for the 700-plus defendants, including photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, also known as Shawkan