penal code
Legal expert demands execution for any rapist
Egypt
February 22, 2023
Legal expert demands execution for any rapist
Veteran lawyer legal expert Mohamed Mizar said that the crime of rape is considered in the top of the criminal…
Egypt imposes harsh new penalties on verbal sexual harassment
Egypt
September 23, 2022
Egypt imposes harsh new penalties on verbal sexual harassment
The amendment of the Penal Code, which Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified a few months ago, came to increase…
Egyptian MP to propose a bill to jail husband for beating wife
Egypt
January 31, 2022
Egyptian MP to propose a bill to jail husband for beating wife
Member of the Egyptian House of Representatives, Amal Salama, announced, on Monday, that she is preparing for new amendments to…
Egypt’s parliament proposes toughening penalty for ‘electronic blackmailing’
Egypt
January 4, 2022
Egypt’s parliament proposes toughening penalty for ‘electronic blackmailing’
A member of the House of Representatives from Gharbiya Governorate Amal Abdel-Hamid announced that she has submitted a proposal to…
Parliament approves bill on revealing state secrets
Egypt
November 4, 2021
Parliament approves bill on revealing state secrets
The Egyptian House of Representatives approved a draft law submitted by the cabinet to amend Article 80 (A) of the…
Egyptian MP suggests tighter penalty for wife beating in penal code
Egypt
September 13, 2021
Egyptian MP suggests tighter penalty for wife beating in penal code
MP Amal Salama, a member of the Media Committee in the House of Representatives, plans during the next session, to…
Draft law suggests harshening penalty for domestic abuse to up to 5 years in prison
Egypt
January 25, 2021
Draft law suggests harshening penalty for domestic abuse to up to 5 years in prison
MP Amal Salama, a member of the Media and Culture Committee in Egypt’s House of Representatives has completed preparing new…
Egypt passes bill criminalizing bullying, with minimum sentence of 6 months in prison
Egypt
July 16, 2020
Egypt passes bill criminalizing bullying, with minimum sentence of 6 months in prison
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Wednesday approved a draft law amending some provisions of the country’s penal code, including…
Egypt’s National Council for Women to propose toughening anti-FGM law
Egypt
February 18, 2020
Egypt’s National Council for Women to propose toughening anti-FGM law
Egypt’s National Council for Women said on Monday that it is in the process of studying the article related to…
Penalties for infringing on government property to increase
Egypt
October 8, 2019
Penalties for infringing on government property to increase
The Egyptian parliament approved in its plenary session on Monday an amendment to the penal code including a draft law…