Latest in Tag: session Highlight
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Parliament to continue session on 29 April
All members, employees, parliamentary reporters given free face masks in Mondayâs session

MP Anwar Sadat requests colleague’s presence in investigation session Sunday
Sadat will face the Disciplinary Committee on Sunday, according to the press office

Trial of Press Syndicate leaders postponed to 25 June
Qalash and Abdelrahim not present at second court session

âPort Said prison clashesâ trial postponed to 3 October
Trial postponed so court can continue hearing defence witnesses

Court postpones âstorming of Helwan police stationâ case to 29 September
Police station was stormed then set ablaze, leading to deaths of three police officers and three civilians, and the injury of 19 others

Qatar espionage trial postponed to 8 August
Defendants, who include former president, were unable to attend Sundayâs trial session

Port Said âprison clashesâ trial postponed to 10 August
Trial postponed to continue reviewing remaining evidence

Defence questions Penal Code legality in âRabaa Operations Roomâ trial
Mohamed Soltan addresses court in Mondayâs trial, speaks about freedom and reasons behind 400-day hunger strike

Verdict in Shura Council Case scheduled for 23 February
The Cairo Criminal Court has repeatedly postponed the retrial since June 2014.

UK keen on expanding partnerships to help Egypt
British PM urges Al-Sisi to âensure human rights are respected in Egypt in the fight against extremismâ

Amnesty calls on Egypt to release protesters arrested for challenging Protest Law
The international human rights watchdog says testimonies and available information suggest that the charges are “almost certainly baseless”

FM concludes first overseas trip
Shoukry met with several Arabic and African counterparts on sidelines of visit to Saudi Arabia for the OIC’s 41st session

NGOs raise human rights concerns before UNHRC
Number of issues raised including judiciary,recent court decisions and freedom of expression during election time

Court rules election of Libya PM Miitig unconstitutional
Outgoing prime minister Abdullah Al-Thani had refused to recognise Miitigâs government, saying he would await the judiciaryâs decision before handing over power.

Badie protests prosecutionâs court argument: Lawyer
Muslim Brotherhood leadersâ trial for inciting violence postponed to 14 June

Revolution anniversaryâs Downtown detainees released, Dokki detaineesâ trial postponed
The detainees belong to a group of 1,079 arrested on the third anniversary of the 25 January Revolution

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 …

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

Badie, other defendants not taken to court, trial postponed
The date for the next session has yet to be set, lawyer says

Detention renewed for political activists arrested on revolution anniversary
The four activists are among a group which was allegedly tortured since its detention

Tamarod announces support for Al-Sisi if he runs for presidency
The movement apologises for earlier statement urging Al-Sisi to not run for presidency

Constituent Assembly finishes vote on draft constitution
Four contentious articles did not pass in the voting session, to be further discussed by assembly on Sunday

Voting on draft constitution begins
Constitution to include 247 articles, 42 of which are new

ANHRI condemns prosecutor generalâs media blackouts
Earlier this week Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat issued media blackouts on four high profile cases

Trial of 21 Alexandria detainees begins
Security forces responsible for bringing the defendants to the courthouse failed to do so, lawyers say

First Constituent Assembly closed session held
Assembly spokesman says new constitutional draft would deem unconstitutional several ânotoriousâ laws

First hearing session on military trials
Head of the military judiciary authority talks to the 50-member constituent assembly about military trials

Committee chairman: NGO law âpurely Egyptianâ
The Chairman of the Human Resources Development and Local Governance Committee says NGO law will not be influenced by âforeign pressuresâ

Combatting discrimination through legal texts
Al-Tayar Al-Shaaby organises a two-day conference on national harmony and religious pluralism

Tahrir Doctorsâ Society paramedic tried
Paramedic and 6 April member both deny possessing police-owned weapons