Latest in Tag: Minya Highlight
Latest in Tag: Minya

Minya death sentences represent ‘travesty of justice’: Rights groups
Judge upholds death sentences for 183 alleged MB members as rights group condemn “new purge of opposition”

Death sentences âcrime against humanityâ: Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood rejects 14 preliminary death sentences handed down on Thursday

Death sentences upheld for 183, including MB Supreme Guide
Controversial Minya court ratifies death sentences, hands down 4 life sentences
Al-Sisi reveals plan to develop metallurgical industries
By Mohamed Ayyad Presidential candidate Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced his intentions to develop the metallurgical industries, saying that he seeks to shift from the export of raw minerals to the process of manufacturing minerals in Egypt and exporting them. The electoral platform said that this will achieve added value for the national economy and raise …
2 undercover policemen shot dead in Minya
They were off duty and on their way home when armed assailants intercepted them

Concern continues to mount for Minya death sentences
Ministry of Justice responds to criticism by clarifying proceedings and stressing the independence of the judiciary

Former MB Supreme Guide Badieâs trial postponed
The Shubra Al-Kheima Criminal Court postponed on Tuesday the trial of 48 defendants, including former Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie to 7 May. The defendants include prominent Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) leader Mohamed Al-Beltagy, conservative preacher Safwat Hegazy, and FJP member and former Minister of Youth Osama Yassin. They are being …

Global condemnation of Minya mass death sentences
Prosecutor general orders appeal for all 528 sentenced in Minya on Monday

37 death sentences upheld in Minya, 683 more handed preliminary death sentences
Muslim Brotherhood supreme guide among those sentenced

Morsi defence team files complaint to Cairo Appeals Court
Lawyers request trial postponements since court dates are âtoo frequentâ

Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to prison in Minya
Supporters sentenced for protesting and for inciting protests; some acquitted

3 dead after Friday clashes
Two citizens and one policeman were reported dead as security forces clashed with Morsi supporters
Al-Ahly go top through late winner
Al-Zamalek are looking to play catch up in Group 2 when they face Al-Minya on Thursday

33 Morsi supporters sentenced to 6 years
Defendants charged with belonging to a âbannedâ organisation and violating the Protest Law

Fahmy, Kerry speak by phone
Call clarifies Egyptian stance on Palestinian peace talks, bilateral relations
Egyptâs judges may be independent, but many are following the regimeâs political agenda
By Nour Bakr The sentencing of 529 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters to death this week provoked almost universal outrage at the large-scale, and procedurally inept manner through which it was applied. Whilst many argue the sentence is likely to be overturned, and that consequently reactions are equally overblown, this misses the point. Since …

Condemnation for Minya sentencing continues to build
Amnesty International, John Kerry, Ban Ki-moon all express concern, while ECCR decries death penalty for minors

Mass trial in Minya postponed to 28 April
Defence lawyers boycott trial

Concern and condemnation as Egypt court sentences 529 to death
Governments, human rights groups speak out as foreign ministry defends what could be largest mass-execution in Egyptâs history

Minya death sentences âunconstitutional and illegalâ: Defence lawyer
Court procedures questioned as 529 referred to Grand Mufti for opinion on death sentence
Over 500 referred to Grand Mufti to consider death penalty
Minya Criminal Court sentences hundreds to death for attacking a police station

Muslim Brotherhood trials face continued delays
Trials in Minya and Cairo postponed on Saturday

First week of university classes saw âtremendousâ amounts of rights violations: AFTE
Students express anxiety and fear over the presence of security forces in and around Egyptian campuses as protests continue

Two die in Friday clashes
12 year-old boy watching protests killed in Minya, pro-Morsi demonstrator killed in Damietta

Three dead in Friday clashes
Ministry of Health updates Friday death toll to three, 10 injured

Clashes between students and security forces continue
Interior minister blames Muslim Brotherhood plot to defame ministry
20 arrested in Minya after deadly violence
Violence over the past weekend has left five people dead
Sectarian violence in Minya leaves five dead
The governorate had recently suffered from deadly sectarian tensions

Violent clashes leave one dead in Alexandria
Clashes occurred in different cities as pro Morsi demonstrators oppose âretaliatory justiceâ

One dead in Delga clashes, 3 injured in Suez
MOI spokesman said that many governorates witnessed “minimal protests and clashes”.