CAIRO: Protests across the country escalated into bloody clashes between security forces in some governorates Monday night, sparking a wave of anger among youth groups who led mass protests on Tuesday chanting against military rule.
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CAIRO: The Journalists' Syndicate decided Tuesday in a board meeting that all its members would boycott the military prosecution and use their constitutional right to be referred only to civilian courts if the situation arose.
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CAIRO: Eight civilians detained in the aftermath of the storming of the Israeli embassy early September were handed six-month suspended sentences by a military court Monday, lawyer Ragia Omran told Daily News Egypt.
"The suspended sentences were (...)
CAIRO: Seventeen human rights organizations and Amnesty International condemned on Monday a decision by military prosecution to detain activist Alaa Abdel Fattah for 15 days pending investigation on charges of inciting violence during the Oct. 9 (...)
CAIRO: Thousands of low-ranking policemen started Monday an open-ended strike in front of the Ministry of Interior and security directorates across the country demanding better working conditions and the removal of current Interior Minister Mansour (...)
CAIRO: The first appeal session of imprisoned blogger on hunger strike Maikel Nabil was adjourned to Oct.11 because the file case was not in court when the session opened, according to Maikel's brother Mark.
Maikel was sentenced to three years in (...)
CAIRO: Cabinet submitted on Tuesday amendments to the Treachery Act for approval from the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), as pressure from political parties mounted over the army council to strip officials proven guilty of political (...)
CAIRO: The Nasr City Military Court adjourned on Monday the trial some of those arrested after the storming of the Israeli embassy, to Sunday for a final verdict.
Lawyers say that of the 53 facing court on Monday, some will get a final ruling (...)
CAIRO: Three Egyptian rights organizations met with Egypt's Intelligence Chief Mourad Mowafi Wednesday to discuss the deterioration in Egypt's human rights record and how to confront it.
The meeting was attended by Head of the Cairo Center for (...)
CAIRO: The Cairo Misdemeanor Court acquitted Thursday 21 protesters arrested during clashes between anti and pro-Mubarak protesters during his trial earlier this month, lawyer at Hisham Mubarak Law Center Malek Adly told Daily News Egypt (...)
CAIRO: A lobby group launched on Wednesday the "Yes to the Independence of the Judiciary" campaign to support a draft law prepared by reformist judge Ahmed Mekky.
"We launched this campaign out of our sincere belief that independence of the (...)
CAIRO: Political forces slammed Monday amendments made to the parliament law that increase the share of party lists from 50 percent to two-thirds of the seats, while reducing the number of seats in both houses of parliament.
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CAIRO: Forty protesters arrested over the storming of the Israeli embassy on Sept. 9 will be tried before a military court on Monday and Tuesday, as the military prosecution extended the imprisonment of eight others for 15 days pending (...)
CAIRO: Military and state security prosecution continued interrogating 50 arrested in the aftermath of the clashes outside the Israeli embassy and the Giza Security Directorate on Sept. 9-10.
Rights groups say the arrests were random and mainly (...)
CAIRO: The Administrative Court suspended Wednesday the privatization contracts of three privatized companies, returning them to the public sector.
The court's decision also cleared them of all debts and mortgages resulting from the (...)
CAIRO: A military tribunal referred Monday an unconfirmed number of suspects to civilian courts, while 230 who were tried in military courts had their sentences suspended.
Egyptian state television said Monday afternoon that the head of the (...)
CAIRO: The military trial of 25 army officers, known as the April 8 case, was adjourned Monday to Sept. 23, while eight protesters in Alexandria also facing military trials were found innocent and another seven received one-year suspended (...)
CAIRO: Activist Asmaa Mahfouz denied on Tuesday that she was referred to a military court, as reported by the official Middle East News Agency (MENA), while several activist were summoned to the military prosecution.
MENA reported that Mahfouz, (...)
CAIRO: The military trial of 19 activists arrested in Cairo on June 28 and 29 was adjourned Monday to Aug. 17 where a final verdict is expected.
The trials of 13 protesters arrested in Alexandria on July 22 and of army officers arrested on April (...)
CAIRO: Business tycoon and founder of Egyptian mobile firm Mobinil Naguib Sawiris alleged on his Twitter account on Friday that the communications cut-off in the early days of the Jan.25 uprising was the responsibility of the National Telecom (...)
CAIRO: In a decision that flies in the face of promises by SCAF to limit military trials for civilians, Mohammed Ali, a student, was sentenced to two years in prison by a military court three months ago.
Ali was arrested by military police in one (...)