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South Korea’s top court strikes down abortion ban
World
April 11, 2019
South Korea’s top court strikes down abortion ban
South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the country’s law criminalizing abortion is unconstitutional, as well as a law…
Egypt court imprisons TV host for interviewing gay man
Egypt
January 20, 2019
Egypt court imprisons TV host for interviewing gay man
The 6th of October City Misdemeanor Court on Sunday sentenced LTC satellite channel TV host Mohamed al-Ghaity to one…
Court lowers sentence for Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide to 10-year-imprisonment
Egypt
December 23, 2018
Court lowers sentence for Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide to 10-year-imprisonment
The Court of Cassation on Sunday lowered the 12-year sentence for Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Supreme Guide Mohammed Badea down…
Child marriage in Egypt reaches 117,000 children: CAPMAS
Society
November 21, 2018
Child marriage in Egypt reaches 117,000 children: CAPMAS
An official CAPMAS report announced that 117,000 children under the age of 18 in Egypt are or have been married,…
UAE court sentences British student to life for spying
Middle East
November 21, 2018
UAE court sentences British student to life for spying
A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on Wednesday after convicting him…
Hassan al-Banna’s grandson denied prison release for 4th time
Egypt
November 9, 2018
Hassan al-Banna’s grandson denied prison release for 4th time
A French appeals court rejected an appeal by influential Islamic reformist Tariq Ramadan on Thursday, denying his fourth request…
Parliament approves draft law to release prisoners after serving half their sentence: Drastic change or mere propaganda?
Features/Interviews
December 22, 2017
Parliament approves draft law to release prisoners after serving half their sentence: Drastic change or mere propaganda?
Parliament approved a bill on Wednesday to amend some of the articles in law 39 of 1956, to potentially make…
Insulting army, police, president could lead to life imprisonment
Egypt
July 10, 2017
Insulting army, police, president could lead to life imprisonment
Members of the Parliament’s Defense and Security committee on Monday called on the government to speed up the issuance of a…
Egypt accused of using detention to silence opponents
Egypt
September 21, 2014
Egypt accused of using detention to silence opponents
In his white prison uniform, Sherif Farag was forced to present his thesis behind bars where he spent months without…
U.S. citizen found dead in Egyptian prison
Egypt
October 13, 2013
U.S. citizen found dead in Egyptian prison
A U.S. citizen was found dead in an Egyptian prison on Sunday in an apparent suicide six weeks after he…