Latest in Tag: Judiciary Highlight
Latest in Tag: Judiciary
The outcasts of judiciary’s elite paradise
138 excluded prosecutors demand right to judiciary career without discrimination
Egypt deplores reactions to ‘Presidential Palace’ verdict
US, Turkey express “concern” over sentencing of former president Mohamed Morsi and12 other defendants to 20 years imprisonment
Mohamed Soltan, 36 others imprisoned for life
Court ratifies 14 death sentences in “Operations Room” trial, defence to appeal
Suspension of judges ‘violation’ to judicial independence: Rights group
Previously published leaks suggested government intervention in judiciary
Presidential decree issued to settle corruption cases
Amendments to Criminal Code aim to provide corruption case defendants way to reconcile with state
Kaki demands Egyptian government refund EGP 1bn
Kaki Group would not terminate its Egypt investments despite smear campaigns led by former employees of the company, says Kaki Group owner
Cabinet approves law allowing judges to skip witnesses
Law destroys concept of justice at its roots, says lawyer
Pro-Morsi judges’ verdict postponed to 14 March
Defendants charged with supporting ousted president and Brotherhood
The ‘executions judge’ Nagy Shehata
Meet the man behind the Al Jazeera, Operations Room and Cabinet Clashes cases
Egypt’s judiciary – by the government, for the government
In turn, Head of the Supreme Judiciary Council Judge Mohamed Abdelrahim said the president stood by judges against “attempts of intervention from some countries that wanted to comment on some verdicts they didn’t like and asked not to enforce them”.
Egyptian judiciary violates human rights: German official
Christoph Strässer discusses the Protest Law, freedom of speech and the NGOs law as part of fighting terrorism, says Germany is accused of targeting Egypt
Al-Sisi celebrates Judges’ Day in High Court
President reaffirms judicial independence
Human rights groups calls for ‘presidential palace’ trial defendants amnesty
Defendants handed two year sentences and two years of parole, after appealing earlier sentence of three years
NGO requests permission to appeal constitutionality of presidential decree on vital facilities
Hundreds have been referred to military courts since the decree was issued in late October
Ahmed Douma sentenced to 3 years hard labour
Activist and blogger found guilty of being in contempt of the court during “cabinet clashes” trial session
The re-writing of history in the Mubarak verdict
Court claims Muslim Brotherhood responsible for shooting at police, demonstrators, during 25 January Revolution
Badie handed 3 year-sentence for insulting judiciary
“Prison Break” trial was further postponed to 20 December
Brotherhood says ‘justice is indivisible’ after Mubarak trial postponement
Group says there have been “judicial farces” in Egypt’s courts over past 15 months
Public prosecution in need of reform for effective justice system: EIPR
Reform of prosecution would be first step towards ensuring judiciary independence, says EIPR study
EU parliament calls for ban on export of military, surveillance equipment to Egypt
European parliament passes a resolution on Thursday listing Egyptian human rights violations
Al-Jazeera ruling ‘disturbing sign for the future of the Egyptian press’: Rights groups
Local and international rights groups quick to condemn “politically orchestrated” trial
Minya verdict ‘heinous crime unprecedented in history’: MB
Brotherhood hits back at judiciary over death sentence for 183 alleged Islamists
NGOs raise human rights concerns before UNHRC
Number of issues raised including judiciary,recent court decisions and freedom of expression during election time
Alaa Abdel Fattah fined after request for bench recusal denied
Activists worry that politicised verdicts will affect the upcoming appeal in the case of 12 Azhar students sentenced for 17 years
Former Brotherhood Supreme Guide acquitted
Mahdi Akef was charged with insulting the judiciary
Alaa Abdel Fattah trial postponed as bench asked to recuse itself
24 defendants are accused of violating the Protest Law last November
Concern continues to mount for Minya death sentences
Ministry of Justice responds to criticism by clarifying proceedings and stressing the independence of the judiciary
AFTE challenges Al-Azhar decision to expel two students
Al-Azhar students clash with security forces on campus
37 death sentences upheld in Minya, 683 more handed preliminary death sentences
Muslim Brotherhood supreme guide among those sentenced
Activists protest 3-year sentence for prominent 25 January revolutionaries
Ahmed Maher, Mohamed Adel and Ahmed Douma convicted of “thuggery” under controversial Protest Law