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11 Zamalek Ultras imprisoned for conspiring to kill Mortada Mansour
Egypt
April 22, 2017
11 Zamalek Ultras imprisoned for conspiring to kill Mortada Mansour
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Sunday upheld an earlier ruling for Giza Criminal Court sentencing 11 members of Ultras White…
Leader of Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike sent to solitary confinement
Middle East
April 18, 2017
Leader of Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike sent to solitary confinement
Israel's minister of public security says a prominent Palestinian prisoner has been placed in solitary confinement for inciting a large-scale…
Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails begin hunger strike
Middle East
April 17, 2017
Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails begin hunger strike
Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails began a hunger strike on Monday in response to a call by prominent prisoner…
Avaaz launches campaign to pardon Ahmed al-Khatib
Egypt
April 5, 2017
Avaaz launches campaign to pardon Ahmed al-Khatib
Avaaz international organization launched a campaign calling on the Egyptian authorities to pardon young detainee Ahmed al-Khatib who contracted visceral…
Air strike on prison in Syria’s Idlib kills 16: monitor
Middle East
March 25, 2017
Air strike on prison in Syria’s Idlib kills 16: monitor
At least 16 people were killed overnight in air strikes on a prison in the rebel-held city of Idlib in…
Court sentences journalist unionists to lenient punishments over harboring wanted colleagues
Egypt
March 25, 2017
Court sentences journalist unionists to lenient punishments over harboring wanted colleagues
Qasr al-Nil Misdemeanor Appellant Court on Saturday sentenced journalist unionists to lenient punishments, overruling earlier harsh verdict against them for…
Egypt’s FM demands open investigation into death of inmate in Italy
Egypt
March 6, 2017
Egypt’s FM demands open investigation into death of inmate in Italy
Egypt's Foreign Ministry yesterday demanded an open investigation into the death of an Egyptian inmate in an Italian prison last…
Ex-IMF chief Rodrigo Rato gets 4.5 years in jail for embezzlement
World
February 23, 2017
Ex-IMF chief Rodrigo Rato gets 4.5 years in jail for embezzlement
Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato was handed a jail sentence of four years and six months for misusing funds when…
Egypt military court hands down 148 life sentences in Minya violence case
Egypt
January 2, 2017
Egypt military court hands down 148 life sentences in Minya violence case
A military criminal court sentenced 148 suspected Muslim Brotherhood members to life in prison in absentia and acquitted ten others…
Crisis in Brog al-Arab prison, complaints of torture and tear gas use
Egypt
November 19, 2016
Crisis in Brog al-Arab prison, complaints of torture and tear gas use
Complaints of physical assault in Borg al-Arab prison, over the past 4 days, drove dozens of inmates' families to flock…