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Justice system preserves police impunity in killing protesters
Egypt
June 22, 2011
Justice system preserves police impunity in killing protesters
Families of those killed or injured in the coastal city of Alexandria during the recent Egyptian uprising have revealed that…
Lawsuit seeking media access to courtrooms postponed
Egypt
June 21, 2011
Lawsuit seeking media access to courtrooms postponed
An Egyptian court on Tuesday decided to postpone a hearing to decide whether trials of Mubarak-regime officials should be open…
Elections to be held on time, says minister
Egypt
November 27, 2010
Elections to be held on time, says minister
Minister of State for Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Moufeed Shehab said the parliamentary election will be held on the scheduled…
Pro-ElBaradei journalist faces criminal trial over minister ‘insult’
Egypt
September 6, 2010
Pro-ElBaradei journalist faces criminal trial over minister ‘insult’
A prominent opposition journalist is to go on trial for allegedly libeling Egypt's foreign minister in a newspaper, a judicial…
Khaled Saeed case: Lawyers demand policemen be tried by State Security court
Egypt
July 29, 2010
Khaled Saeed case: Lawyers demand policemen be tried by State Security court
Three lawyers have raised a lawsuit before the Administrative Court against a decision by both Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud…
Expert: A divorce occurs in Egypt every 6 mins
Egypt
April 18, 2010
Expert: A divorce occurs in Egypt every 6 mins
Azza Suleiman, director of the Center for Women's Issues, said yesterday that there are currently five million postponed divorce cases…
Court reverses niqab ban
Egypt
December 14, 2009
Court reverses niqab ban
The education department of the Administrative Court instructed the higher education minister, Hany Hilal, and the president of Ain Shams…
Court upholds comic book ban, fines creator and publisher
Books
November 21, 2009
Court upholds comic book ban, fines creator and publisher
After more than four months of legal deliberations, the Qasr el-Nil Court of Misdemeanors issued today its verdict regarding the…