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EGP 10,000 fine for libel levelled against Essam El-Erian
Former editor-in-chief of independent newspaper has been sentenced for libel against the Vice Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party

Nakhnoukh sentenced to 28 years in prison
Dubbed by the media as the Prince of Thugs, Nakhnoukh was arrested last August

New charge against Hassan Mustafa
Alexandrian political activist already in jail pending trial for attacking prosecutor

Hassan Mustafa case postponed
Arrest warrants issued for eyewitnesses in case

Witness in Hassan Mustafa’s case has criminal record
Hassan Mustafa is appealing a two year prison sentence handed to him in March

Tunisia court reviews jail terms for prophet cartoons
Jabbeur Mejri and his co-defendant Ghazi Beji, who fled abroad, were sentenced in a closed hearing in March 2012 to seven and half years in jail

Remembering Al-Gizawy
Protest outside Saudi embassy to commemorate Egyptian lawyer’s arrest

Flames after verdict
Ultras assembled at Al-Ahly Club following the Port Said case’s verdict, with some setting flame to the Police Club and football association buildings
In Pictures: Flames after verdict
Ultras assembled at Al-Ahly Club following the Port Said case’s verdict, with some setting flame to the Police Club and football association buildings

Steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz sentenced to 37 years
The Giza Criminal Court sentenced the Mubarak-era politician to 37 years for illegally acquiring a state-run iron and steel company

El-Hosary receives suspended sentence in military trial
Cairo military court handed Sherif El-Hosary a one-year suspended prison sentence for possessing secret military documents

Somalia jails alleged rape victim, journalist for one year
Rights groups have condemned the case as “politically motivated”
Saudi preacher gets off light for raping, killing daughter
Sentenced to pay “blood money” to the mother after having served a short jail term
Dozens injured in Marsa Matruh clashes
Families of convicted detainees attempt to break into Matruh police station while others loot confiscated cars

Controversial MP imprisoned
Sentenced to three-month imprisonment on indecency charges
Court sentences student murderers to 15 years
Victim’s father performs a sit-in in protest at the court’s ruling

Police chief sentenced for involvement in Chinese communist party murder scandal
Bo Xilai’s former right hand man sentenced to fifteen years in prison

Over a dozen sentenced to death for deadly attack in North Sinai
Jihadists receive what is considered “harsh” sentence for attacks against security in North Sinai
Five workers sentenced to jail for striking
First time for such a sentence in Egypt

Former Israeli prime minister escapes harsh sentencing
Ehud Olmert could return to politics

Vietnam jails three bloggers for ‘anti-state propaganda’
The defendants will have to serve 3-5 years under house arrest after they complete their prison sentences

Saudis end two-day protest over release of prisoners
Most arrested for political opinions and religious beliefs

Iranian female ex-parliamentarian sentenced over “anti-state propaganda”
Faezeh Rafsanjani sentenced to six months in prison
Egyptian receives six years for insulting religion and president
After posting offensive material on Facebook, Copt receives six year prison sentence

Revolutionary detainee released
Bassem Al-Wardani’s verdict suspended after nearly two months in jail

Journalists on trial in Turkey highlight Kurdish plight
Journalists held on trial for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)

Iraqi VP sentenced to death
Ongoing turmoil in Iraq as top Iraqi politician is sentenced to death in absentia

Bahrain court upholds sentences for 20 opposition figures
Bahrain activists found guilty of “conspiring to overthrow the government, having contact with foreign entities, and violating provisions of the constitution”

Busy day for courts in Egypt
The verdict on the trial of Israeli Embassy protesters was read, the Port Said massacre trial and the Suez killing trial were adjourned

El Adly appealing his life sentence
The former Minister of Interior is citing procedural flaws in his trial as grounds for appeal of his 25 year sentence