Justice
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Cabinet approves bill on confidential data of harassment defendants
Date: 2020-07-08 17:38:53 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:53 - ID:8500858
CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) – The cabinet has approved a bill proposed by the Justice Ministry to keep data of sexual assault and harassment victims confidential. The ministry detailed in a statement on Wednesday that the draft law stipulates that the ....
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Court postpones Safwat el Sherif's challenge to three-year imprisonment ruling over illicit gains till Sept. 15
Date: 2020-07-07 11:30:01 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:36 - ID:8498933
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) - The Court of Cassation postponed till September 15 a challenge filed by ex-information minister Safwat el Sherif against a three-year imprisonment sentence over profiteering and influence peddling charges. On September 9, ....
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5 craftsmen in Sharqia sentenced to jail over drug trade charges
Date: 2020-07-05 15:39:24 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:54 - ID:8496246
CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - The Zagazig Criminal Court on Sunday handed down various jail sentences ranging between five and six years against five craftsmen on charges of drug trade. The five defendants from Sharqia were also fined EGP 100,000. ....
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Newly-appointed assistant prosecutors sworn in
Date: 2020-07-05 11:57:41 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:32 - ID:8495854
CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - The newly-appointed assistant administrative prosecutors took on Sunday the constitutional oath before Justice Minister Omar Marwan and head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority Essam el Menshawi. The minister urged ....
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Public prosecution starts questioning alleged sex predator
Date: 2020-07-04 21:51:51 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:60 - ID:8495505
CAIRO, July 4 (MENA) - The Public Prosecution initiated an interrogation of a suspect accused of verbally and physically assaulting several girls and coercing them into committing indecent acts. Ahmed Bassam Zaki, a young man facing multiple rape ....
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Trial of defendants over embezzling $1 billion adjourned to August 10
Date: 2020-07-04 19:55:34 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:52 - ID:8495346
CAIRO, July 4 (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court adjourned till August 10 the trial of the board chairman of KarmSolar, the CEO of M H Supplies Limited and the board chairman of Air Go Airlines over embezzlement charges. Two of the defendants are ....
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Egypt’s higher court gives actor 15-year jail term, upholds rulings against 9 others in "cabinet incidents" case
Date: 2020-07-04 14:41:09 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:27 - ID:8494965
CAIRO, July 4 (MENA) - The Court of Cassation on Saturday commuted a life sentence handed down against actor Tarek el Nahry to 15 years in prison after his retrial in the "cabinet violent incidents" case. Egypt’s higher court also upheld a ....
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Cassation court upholds 15-year jail sentence for activist Doma
Date: 2020-07-04 13:12:09 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:24 - ID:8494852
CAIRO, July 4 (MENA) – The court of cassation upheld on Saturday a 15-year jail sentence issued against activist Ahmed Doma in the case known in the media as "the cabinet violence case". In October, the Court of Cassation annulled a life sentence ....
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Public Prosecution monitors social media posts on rape, harassment accusations
Date: 2020-07-03 22:57:44 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:73 - ID:8494400
CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) - The Public Prosecution said Friday its monitoring and analysis unit is closely monitoring social media posts accusing a man called Ahmed Bassam Zaki of committing sexual crimes. In a statement, the prosecution said the ....
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Egypt, Italy top prosecutors discuss developments of Regeni's murder case
Date: 2020-07-01 23:18:03 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:68 - ID:8491944
CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Hamada el Sawy held a virtual meeting Wednesday with a team of Italian investigators, under Rome's top prosecutor, to discuss the latest developments of an investigation into the case of the murder of ....