parliamentary immunity

November 25, 2024

Ahmed Diab reveals his 1st move after requesting lifting of immunity

A member of the Egyptian Senate and head of the Egyptian Professional League, Ahmed Diab, revealed a new step regarding…

Egypt

March 25, 2018

Parliament rejects request to strip MP Mortada Mansour of immunity

The Legislative and Constitutional Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives rejected requests to lift the parliamentary immunity of three…

Middle East

May 20, 2016

Turkish parliament approves first article of bill on stripping MPs’ immunity

Turkey's parliament approved the first clause of a bill to lift lawmakers' immunity from prosecution on Friday, a constitutional change…

Egypt

June 12, 2012

Military prosecution requests lifting of immunity from MP accused of Tantawi insult

The state-run MENA news agency on Tuesday said the Military Prosecution has asked the Justice Ministry to lift the parliamentary…

Egypt

September 6, 2010

MPs implicated in state-funded healthcare breaches lose parliamentary immunity

People’s Assembly Speaker Fathi Sorour and Shura Council Speaker Safwat al-Sherif have approved an earlier request filed by Justice Minister…

Egypt

September 5, 2010

Sunday’s papers: MPs stripped of immunity, photo of ElBaradei’s daughter provokes backlash

Front page headlines in state-owned newspapers Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar, in addition to other national newspapers, report that 14 parliamentarians from…

Egypt

March 11, 2010

Talaat Sadat stripped of parliamentary immunity, suffers heart attack

MP Talaat Sadat suffered a heart attack on Thursday. He was taken to Cairo's Cleopatra Hospital, where he is currently…

Egypt

March 7, 2010

Talaat Sadat to forfeit parliamentary immunity

In a closed session Sunday, parliament's legislative committee approved a request by the justice minister to revoke parliamentary immunity from…