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Latest in Tag: prison

Mubarak handed 3 years in āPresidential Palaceā trial
Alaa and Gamal Mubarak to serve four years in prison, lawyer says judiciary is trying to save its public distorted image
Criminal courts sentence 165 in light of āterrorismā charges
Court sentences 37 Morsi supporters to 15 years for attempting to bomb metro station

Release Elshamy immediately: Amnesty International
Human rights watchdog demands hunger-striking journalistās release after being moved to solitary confinement

7 sentenced to life in prison for blocking roads
Defendants accused of blocking ring road after dispersal of pro-Morsi encampments

Egypt students jailed for 4 years over violent protests
The 36 students were found guilty of holding a violent protest in December, rioting, blocking roads in front of the university and showing aggression against the security forces, the sources said.

Al Jazeeraās Elshamy could ādie within a few daysā: Doctor
Journalist in critical condition as hunger strike reaches 111 days
19-year-old jumps three stories to escape rape
Woman escaped, but has been hospitalised for injuries

Political parties, groups support calls to drop Protest Law
Many people have been arrested and sentenced to jail time under the controversial law

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

Presidential pardons in commemoration of Sinai Liberation Day
Release order for those who served more than half their time in prison
Egypt court sentences four gays to prison
AFP – A court in Egypt sentenced four men to up to eight years in prison on Monday for practicing homosexuality, a judicial official said. Prosecutors had accused the men of holding ādeviant partiesā and dressing in womenās clothes. Three were sentenced to eight years and the fourth to three years in prison. Prosecutors have …

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

Detainees on hunger strike await renewed detention
Prosecution begins investigation into reports of alleged torture of 70 detainees

FJP Journalist imprisoned for rallying
Journalist sentenced to hard labour alongside nine others, Press Syndicate calls on Prosecutor General to postpone punishment
One policeman sentenced to 10 years in Abu Zaabal Vehicle case
Victimsā lawyers barred from appealing the verdict; survivor describes trial as āmasqueradeā

More revolution anniversary detainees sentenced
The group sentenced on Saturday is part of a group of over 1,000 people arrested on the third anniversary of the revolution
Lawyers wary of Abou Zaabal vehicle verdict
Four policemen are accused of manslaughter regarding the death of 37 detainees; lawyers representing the victims say they did not testify in court during trial

Misdemeanour courts send 220 to prison for separate incidents in Alexandria
Prisoners referred to Homeland Security Prosecution for joining the Muslim Brotherhood
15 sentenced to two yearsā hard labour for violating public assembly laws
The convicted are among 33 arrested while discussing preparations for the revolutionās third anniversary in a public park in downtown Cairo
Unannounced inspection commences in seven prisons
Abo Zaāabal Prison Number Two is the worst in condition
Update: Human rights organisations decry alleged āsavageā torture and sexual assault of detainees
Prosecutor general releases 55 detainees on hefty bail and stresses there arenāt any āpoliticalā detainees in custody

ANHRI decries āsavageā torture allegations from detainees
Organisation calls on prosecution to investigate defendantsā torture allegations

Revolution anniversary detainees reportedly tortured
Detaineesā lawyer says those held at Abu Zaabal prison are subject to āthe harshestā detention conditions

Egyptian filmmaker released from prison after 18 days
Released without bail, Hossam El-Meneaiās charges of āendangering the stability of the nationā are still pending

Al-Jazeera: less than half of wanted Egypt reporters are staff
Twenty journalists referred to trial, only 9 of which are Al Jazeera staff. Of the 20, 16 are Egyptian reporters.

Morsi ‘prison break’ trial adjourned to 22 February
Former president, 130 others tried for prison break on incident’s third year anniversary

Protesters sentenced to 2 years of labour for defacing Tahrir monument
One of the three men sentenced for burning flag in addition to defacing monument

UAE jails 20 Egyptians for āsetting up Muslim Brotherhood cellā
Amnesty International condemns trial and irreversible verdict, describes charges as āvagueā

National Council for Human Rights visits imprisoned activists in Tora
Committee formed to inspect prisonersā conditions and treatment

International journalists condemn detention of Al Jazeera news crew
Cairo-based correspondents, Journalist Syndicate speak out against the crackdown on press freedom