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Court rejects request to release novelist Ahmed Naji
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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