UN Palestine peace conference suspended amid regional escalation    Egypt advances integrated waste management city in 10th of Ramadan with World Bank support    Hyatt, Egypt's ADD Developments sign MoU for hotel expansion    Serbian PM calls trade deal a 'new page' in Egypt ties    Reforms make Egypt 'land of opportunity,' business leader tells Serbia    TMG climbs to 4th in Forbes' Top 50 Public Companies in Egypt' list on surging sales, assets    Egypt, Japan's JICA plan school expansion – Cabinet    Egypt's EDA, AstraZeneca discuss local manufacturing    Israel intensifies strikes on Tehran as Iran vows retaliation, global leaders call for de-escalation    Egypt issues nearly 20 million digital treatment approvals as health insurance digitalisation accelerates    LTRA, Rehla Rides forge public–private partnership for smart transport    Egyptian pound rebounds at June 16 close – CBE    China's fixed asset investment surges in Jan–May    Egypt secures €21m EU grant for low-carbon transition    Sisi launches new support initiative for families of war, terrorism victims    Egypt, Cyprus discuss regional escalation, urge return to Iran-US talks    Egypt nuclear authority: No radiation rise amid regional unrest    Grand Egyptian Museum opening delayed to Q4    Egypt delays Grand Museum opening to Q4 amid regional tensions    Egypt slams Israeli strike on Iran, warns of regional chaos    Egypt expands e-ticketing to 110 heritage sites, adds self-service kiosks at Saqqara    Egypt's EDA joins high-level Africa-Europe medicines regulatory talks    Egypt's Irrigation Minister urges scientific cooperation to tackle water scarcity    Egypt, Serbia explore cultural cooperation in heritage, tourism    Egypt discovers three New Kingdom tombs in Luxor's Dra' Abu El-Naga    Egypt launches "Memory of the City" app to document urban history    Palm Hills Squash Open debuts with 48 international stars, $250,000 prize pool    Egypt's Democratic Generation Party Evaluates 84 Candidates Ahead of Parliamentary Vote    On Sport to broadcast Pan Arab Golf Championship for Juniors and Ladies in Egypt    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Egypt's FM inspects Julius Nyerere Dam project in Tanzania    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

Articles of the author Shaimaa el Karanshawi
Egyptian court rejects lawsuit demanding amnesty for Mubarak and his family
The State Council's Administrative Court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit calling for a referendum to grant amnesty to former President Hosni Mubarak and his family in exchange for surrendering their money. In its decision, the court said there is no (...)

28 - 02 - 2012
Trial of Jordanian spy adjourned to Thursday
Egypt's Emergency State Security Court on Monday adjourned the trial of a Jordanian citizen accused of spying for Israel after his defense team requested more time to review material and provide documents related to the case. The trial is slated to (...)

02 - 01 - 2012
Court enables detained blogger to vote in elections
Egypt's administrative court delivered a verdict on Saturday that enables detained blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah to vote in the current parliamentary elections, which kicked off on 28 November. Abd El Fattah was detained in October for alleged (...)

11 - 12 - 2011
Ruling in favor of police: Armed attack warrants self-defense
Security personnel have the right to defend themselves against attacks on police stations, which is considered a public institution, said the Cairo Criminal Court. This rationale came with Tuesday's court verdict, which acquitted a policeman accused (...)

29 - 11 - 2011
Military council laws above judicial authority, says court
An administrative court has turned down a lawsuit requesting the annulment of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' (SCAF) amendments to the law on parliamentary elections. Laws issued by the ruling military council are of a legislative nature (...)

28 - 10 - 2011
Ministry reveals ''secret'' bank accounts of civil society groups
The Cairo Court of Appeal on Thursday accepted a memo submitted by two judges on behalf of the Ministry of Justice disclosing the "secret" bank accounts of 75 Egyptian and foreign civil society organizations, as well as 40 individuals. The memo said (...)

27 - 10 - 2011
Lawsuit aims to deprive Mubarak of visits and phone calls
A lawyer has filed a lawsuit demanding that former President Hosni Mubarak be denied various privileges while in detention, including visits and telephone calls, and that he be moved from his current accommodation at a Cairo medical center to a (...)

18 - 10 - 2011
Court postpones case on expats'' right to vote
The Administrative Court has postponed the case of Egyptian expats who were supposed to vote in upcoming parliamentary elections to Tuesday. A number of Egyptian expats filed a complaint against the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (...)

15 - 10 - 2011
Egyptian court approves new political parties
The Supreme Administrative Court on Monday approved applications to form the Jama'a al-Islamiya's Building and Development Party and the New Ghad Party, which is founded by prominent political activist Ayman Nour. This new provision supersedes a (...)

10 - 10 - 2011
Court to review decision rejecting Jama''a al-Islamiya''s party application
The High Administrative Court will convene on 10 October to discuss a challenge submitted by Jama'a al-Islamiya, demanding that it be allowed to form its own political party. The Islamist group is challenging the decision of the Political Parties (...)

25 - 09 - 2011
Prosecution shows pictures and video clips in ''Battle of the Camel'' trial
More than two hours of video clips and pictures were shown by prosecution lawyers in the ‘Battle of the Camel' trial on Monday. The material was intended to support the prosecution case against those accused of organizing violent attacks on (...)

12 - 09 - 2011
Security reinforcements dispatched to North and South Sinai
Further security reinforcements were dispatched to North Sinai on Saturday morning, said security sources on Saturday. The sources said that the armed forces imposed tight security measures in the areas of Nakhl, Nuweiba, Arish, Rafah and Sheikh (...)

20 - 08 - 2011
Death sentence for bus driver who shot dead 6 colleagues
Giza Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced Mahmoud Suweilam, the Arab Contractors bus driver who shot colleagues on board the company's bus, to death. The shooting had resulted in six deaths and six injuries. Suweilam was driving company employees (...)

22 - 06 - 2011
Lawsuit to strip Mubarak Jr, ElBaradei of nationality postponed
An Egyptian court decided on Sunday to defer a lawsuit seeking to strip Egyptian nationality from Mohamed ElBaradei, former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director and presidential hopeful, and Gamal Mubarak, the detained son of Egypt's (...)

05 - 06 - 2011
48 suspects in Imbaba sectarian incident referred to trial
Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud referred 48 suspects connected with the sectarian violence that occurred in Imbaba in early May to the State Security Supreme Court. They are charged with murder, attempted murder, endangering public security, (...)

04 - 06 - 2011
Coptic Christian in US has Egyptian nationality withdrawn
The Administrative Judicial Court on Sunday ordered the withdrawal of Egyptian nationality from Morris Sadek, a Coptic Christian lawyer living in the United States, and banned him from entering the country. The action was taken against Sadek for a (...)

22 - 05 - 2011
Lawsuit aims to exclude former MPs from upcoming elections
An Egyptian citizen has filed a lawsuit with the Administrative Court to exclude former members of the disbanded Parliament from running in upcoming elections. The petition is directed to the head of Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed (...)

11 - 05 - 2011
Hawass sentenced to one year in prison, stripped of ministry
Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass has been sentenced to one year of hard labor and a LE1000 fine for failing to fulfill a court ruling over a land dispute. He has also been relieved of his duties as minister. The sentence was issued by (...)

17 - 04 - 2011
Alaa Mubarak owns over LE49 million worth of shares in Palm Hills
Alaa Mubarak, son of deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak owns LE49,535,000 worth of shares in Palm Hills Urban Development Company, in which former Housing Minister Ahmed al-Maghrabi owns a stake, said Khaled Ali, the director of the Egyptian (...)

23 - 03 - 2011
Verdict on Saudi Prince''s Toshka land contract due on 26 April
The Administrative Judicial Court will issue its verdict on 16 April on the annullment of the Toshka land contract signed by Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. The contract relates to 100,000 acres of land in the southern Egyptian Toshka region, (...)

22 - 03 - 2011
2000 judges threaten not to supervise referendum
Some 2000 judges have threatened not to participate in the supervision of the 19 March constitutional referendum, citing procedural irregularities in the selection of judges. The announcement comes as the Supreme Judicial Committee supervising the (...)

17 - 03 - 2011
Supervisors of constitutional referendum hold first meeting
The judicial committee supervising the referendum on the new constitutional amendments, slated for 19 March, held its first meeting on Sunday at the State Council. “According to recently proposed constitutional amendments and the law on political (...)

06 - 03 - 2011
Interior Ministry: Voting will be by ID number, no need to register
Voters will be able to vote by showing their identification cards on voting day, said an Interior Ministry statement on Thursday. “It has been decided that the participation and voting of citizens on the constitutional amendments referendum and the (...)

03 - 03 - 2011
Palestinian inmates at notorious Egyptian prison declare hunger strike
Ninety-six Palestinians held in Egypt's maximum-security Al-Aqrab prison have declared a hunger strike. Prisoners claim they were jailed without justification and demand they be released immediately. “Some of them obtained court release orders after (...)

23 - 02 - 2011
Egypt court approves moderate Islamic party
An Egyptian court has licensed a moderate Islamic political party, Al-Wasat Al-Jadid, whose application for legal status was denied by the former government. Al-Wasat was founded in 1996 when a faction broke away from the Muslim Brotherhood to form (...)

19 - 02 - 2011
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