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Court rejects request to release novelist Ahmed Naji
Egypt
November 27, 2016
Court rejects request to release novelist Ahmed Naji
A Cairo court rejected on Saturday a request for a stay of execution of the two-year sentence handed down to…
Investigations ongoing in Amereya torture victim’s death – lawyer
Egypt
November 26, 2016
Investigations ongoing in Amereya torture victim’s death – lawyer
The general prosecutor has reopened investigations into the involvement of eight low-ranking policemen in the death of Magdy Makin, allegedly…
Death toll in North Sinai attack rises to 11
Egypt
November 26, 2016
Death toll in North Sinai attack rises to 11
The death toll from an attack on a military checkpoint in North Sinai increased to 11 on Friday, Reuters reported,…
Netanyahu accepts Egypt’s offer to assist in extinguishing Israel’s wildfires: Israeli official
Egypt
November 25, 2016
Netanyahu accepts Egypt’s offer to assist in extinguishing Israel’s wildfires: Israeli official
A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Ofir Gendelman said on Friday that Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted Egypt's offer for assistance…
Writer Fatma Naoot’s sentence reduced to six months
Egypt
November 24, 2016
Writer Fatma Naoot’s sentence reduced to six months
An Egypt court accepted Thursday the appeal of writer and poet Fatma Naoot against a three-year sentence handed down to…
Egypt’s population increases 1 million in 6 months
Egypt
November 23, 2016
Egypt’s population increases 1 million in 6 months
Egypt’s population will reach 92 million at 8 pm on Thursday, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS)…
Nubians continue sit-in against sale of their ancestral lands
Egypt
November 22, 2016
Nubians continue sit-in against sale of their ancestral lands
Tens of Nubians refused to end their sit-in on the Abu Simbel-Aswan highway in Aswan governorate as they continued to…
TV host Moataz Matar sentenced to 3 years in prison
Egypt
November 21, 2016
TV host Moataz Matar sentenced to 3 years in prison
An Egyptian court has sentenced TV host Moataz Matar in absentia to three years in prison for inciting protests against…
Egypt court overturns death sentences in Mursi’s prison break case
Egypt
November 15, 2016
Egypt court overturns death sentences in Mursi’s prison break case
Egypt's Cassation Court overturned on Tuesday the death sentences handed down to former president Mohamed Mursi and other Muslim Brotherhood…
14 persons remanded into custody over protesting on November 11
Egypt
November 14, 2016
14 persons remanded into custody over protesting on November 11
North Giza prosecution has ordered a remanding of 14 persons, arrested in Imbaba while protesting on November 11, to be…