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Pakistan’s Ex-PM Sharif returns to prison after furlough
Middle East
September 17, 2018
Pakistan’s Ex-PM Sharif returns to prison after furlough
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A provincial government in Pakistan has returned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, as well as his…
Update: Lebanese tourist who ‘insulted Egypt’ is released from arrest, deported
Egypt
September 14, 2018
Update: Lebanese tourist who ‘insulted Egypt’ is released from arrest, deported
Egyptian authorities have deported Lebanese tourist Mona Mazbouh back to Lebanon on Thursday, after releasing her from her one-year…
Vietnam jails two Vietnamese-Americans for 14 years over bomb plots
World
September 4, 2018
Vietnam jails two Vietnamese-Americans for 14 years over bomb plots
A Vietnamese court found two Vietnamese-Americans guilty of terrorism on Wednesday and sentenced them to 14 years in prison…
Palestinian teen freed from Israel jail will continue resistance – as lawyer
Middle East
July 30, 2018
Palestinian teen freed from Israel jail will continue resistance – as lawyer
NABI SALEH, West Bank (Reuters) – A Palestinian teenager released by Israel on Sunday after completing a prison term for…
Defendant handed 10-year prison sentence over child rape
Egypt
March 23, 2018
Defendant handed 10-year prison sentence over child rape
Minya Criminal Court sentenced on Thursday a defendant who raped a child in 2016 in Maghagha, Minya, to 10 years…
Egypt to monitor media outlets for ‘false news’ after ‘inaccurate’ BBC report
Egypt
February 28, 2018
Egypt to monitor media outlets for ‘false news’ after ‘inaccurate’ BBC report
Egypt’s Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek ordered on Wednesday prosecution lawyers across Egypt to monitor media outlets and social media platforms to…
‘Forcibly disappeared’ woman from BBC report appears on TV
Egypt
February 27, 2018
‘Forcibly disappeared’ woman from BBC report appears on TV
A young Egyptian woman which a recent BBC report alleged had been “forcibly disappeared” in Egypt appeared on television on…
BBC report on human rights in Egypt is ‘baseless’ and ‘false’: SIS
Egypt
February 26, 2018
BBC report on human rights in Egypt is ‘baseless’ and ‘false’: SIS
In response to a recent visual and written BBC report entitled ‘The shadows over Egypt’, which addresses the country’s human…
Laura Plummer receives excellent social, medical care in prison: security official
Egypt
February 9, 2018
Laura Plummer receives excellent social, medical care in prison: security official
Director of the prison investigations department at the interior ministry, Ashraf Ezz al-Arab, said that Briton Laura Plummer has received…
Jailed Briton’s family fly to Egypt amidst unconfirmed pardon release reports
Egypt
January 27, 2018
Jailed Briton’s family fly to Egypt amidst unconfirmed pardon release reports
The family of Briton Laura Plummer, a 33-year-old who was sentenced to three years in prison in December for smuggling…