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Work at Egypt’s courts hampered due to nationwide strike
Egypt
February 28, 2012
Work at Egypt’s courts hampered due to nationwide strike
Work at several Egyptian courts was hindered on Tuesday due to a nationwide strike staged by court workers to demand…
Is Mubarak’s trial going anywhere?
Egypt
January 15, 2012
Is Mubarak’s trial going anywhere?
Judge Ahmed Refaat’s decision last Tuesday to grant former President Hosni Mubarak’s legal team a month to prepare its final…
Judges condemn military council’s ‘dreadful silence’
Egypt
October 28, 2011
Judges condemn military council’s ‘dreadful silence’
The Egyptian Judges Club will hold a general assembly session Friday to discuss what they call a “dreadful silence” from…
Panel finds oil minister responsible for preferential gas prices for Israel
Egypt
October 27, 2011
Panel finds oil minister responsible for preferential gas prices for Israel
Former Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmy was responsible for setting the preferential rates quoted in Egypt's natural gas export deal with…
Egypt court sets next TMG court hearing for 22 November
Business
October 25, 2011
Egypt court sets next TMG court hearing for 22 November
An Egyptian court on Tuesday set the next hearing in a land dispute case involving Talaat Mostafa Group (TMG) for…
Supreme Judicial Council rejects judicial authority draft law proposals
Egypt
October 23, 2011
Supreme Judicial Council rejects judicial authority draft law proposals
The Supreme Judicial Council has rejected the two main proposals for the judicial authority draft law. One proposal had been…
Judges Club calls for the closure of courts nationwide
Egypt
October 22, 2011
Judges Club calls for the closure of courts nationwide
Tensions between Egypt’s judges and lawyers escalated on Saturday after the Judges Club called for closing courts nationwide until authorities…
Sunday’s papers: Tantawi testimony shrouded in mystery
Egypt
September 25, 2011
Sunday’s papers: Tantawi testimony shrouded in mystery
Predictably, the appearance of Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi in court to testify in the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak,…
Judiciary on the verge of greater independence, as judges mull reforms
Egypt
July 28, 2011
Judiciary on the verge of greater independence, as judges mull reforms
The head of the committee responsible for amending the law regulating Egypt’s judiciary has revealed in an exclusive interview with…
Military-backed conference urges special courts for protester killings
Egypt
July 6, 2011
Military-backed conference urges special courts for protester killings
A military-backed conference on Tuesday called for devoting some Egyptian courts to solely trying those charged with killing protesters during…