Latest in Tag: Protest law Highlight
Latest in Tag: Protest law

Egyptâs students protest against education ministers
Demonstrations were held at the Press Syndicate one day after police attacked high school studentsâ rally, PhD and MBA holdersâ burn certificates at another protest against cabinet

Prison verdicts issued in mass trial for church arson attack
Almost 120 defendants charged with the burning of St Maryâs Church in Sohag

Mahmoud Hussein: Youth without youth in Egyptâs cells
Pre-trial detention, the regime’s most repressive tool

âT-shirt detaineeâ Mahmoud Husseinâs detention renewed
Notorious judge orders further 45-day detention, adding to the 578 days already spent in prison

Arrested lawyer absent from police media report amid âforced disappearanceâ claims
Colleagues supporting lawyer in Sharqeya blame syndicateâs âweaknesses in face of security stateâ

Trials paused for New Suez Canal inauguration resumed
Sunday trials include Port Said massacre, Matay police station and revolutionary activists

Egypt unhappy with relations between US officials and Brotherhood figures: EOHR
US concerned over status of human rights in Egypt, says deputy US secretary Malinowski

Al-Dostour Party launches campaign on political detainees, torture, forced disappearances
âIronically, we keep holding on to presidency’s fake promises of release,â says politician

Al-Sisi releases over 400 prisoners on Eid Al-Fitr
This marks the latest set of pardons since 165 were released to mark Ramadan

Detention for âtorture t-shirtâ student to reach 580 days
Teenager Mahmoud Hussein was allegedly beaten and electrocuted into saying he possessed explosives, belongs to Muslim Brotherhood

Final verdict for SPAP and witnesses to Al-Sabbagh killing 26 September
Defence optimistic and expectant of acquittals

Egypt criticises Amnesty International over report full of âliesâ
War of words between Egypt and international human rights organisations continues
Egyptâs young activists face crackdown, repression: Amnesty International
âThe country has reverted fully to being a police state,â rights group says
Appeal for 25 January anniversary trial verdict rejected
68 defendants were fined EGP 50,000 each over protest charges

Women protest in front of Itihadiya Palace in solidarity with political detainees
Protest held on first anniversary of arrest of 23 peaceful protesters in front of Itihadiya Palace

One year behind bars due to controversial protest law
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) called on Sunday for immediate and unconditional release of Yara Sallam and 22 others convicted on protest charges

CSF Officer Yassin Salah gets 15 years: The full story
Al-Sabbagh lost her life, betrayed by those who vowed to protect it, says prosecution

Retrial begins for 17 witnesses to Al-Sabbaghâs killing charged with illegal protesting
An appeal by prosecution overturned the initial acquittal of witnesses in May

Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh faced threats of kidnapping her 6-year-old son
âMay God be with youâ, Al-Sabbagh’s family tells officer’s family

Court adjourns police officerâs trial to 11 June in Al-Sabbagh case
Lawyers assure family activistâs death will not go unpunished
8 political parties submit Protest Law petition to constitutional court
Popular demands to speed up court decision on lawâs unconstitutionality

Opposition parties mobilise against Protest Law in online petition
420 prominent politicians and public figures lend signatures demanding Al-Sisi’s promise to release political detainees

Cabinet clashes retrial to resume on 9 June
Journalist, police conscript and lawyer punished by judge Nagy Shehata during session
Court details acquittal verdict from protest charges in Al-Sabbaghâs case
It was just a celebration like âweddingsâ, states court

Court acquits SPAP members of protest charges in Al-Sabbagh case
“Verdict proves that police intentionally used force without necessity,” says defence lawyer

NGOs accuse state of corruption, but we don’t look at ourselves: Maat GM
Ayman Okeil discusses postponed elections, and internal politics among Egyptian NGOs

ECSR lawyer submits appeal against Shura Council trial verdict
The verdict sentenced 22 persons to between three to five years in prison over protesting

Verdict in photojournalist Ahmed Ziadaâs case to be issued 29 April
Court heard last defence arguments in Al-Azhar University protests case

Suspect policeman in Shaimaa Al-Sabbaghâs killing faces trial 10 May
CSF officer accused of accidental killing, deliberate injury by shooting

First trial session for 17 defendants in Al-Sabbagh case
Security forces harassed SPAP members and journalists in court