Egypt demands swift probe into alleged torture to death of citizen in Germany
Egypt's foreign ministry said it is carrying out an inquiry on the death of an Egyptian national while in custody…
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Cairo court acquits 33 Egyptians sentenced to 2 years over island deal protests
A Cairo misdemeanour court acquitted late Saturday 33 defendants sentenced last month to two years in jail for…
Court overturns jail sentence for Egypt’s Red Sea islands deal protesters
A Giza court of appeals overturned on Tuesday a five-year jail sentence for 47 people for participating in protests…
Ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sentenced to 10 years in jail for abus
A Tunisian court has sentenced ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to 10 years in jail for abuse of power,…
Egyptian TV host Islam Behery sentenced to jail for 1 year over blasphemy
Egyptian authorities put TV host Islam Behery in prison late on Monday after a court reduced an earlier five-year…
Egypt court rejects Mahinour El-Masry’s 2nd legal challenge against jail term
An Alexandria court rejected on Sunday a second legal challenge presented by activist Mahinour El-Masry and two…
US ‘deeply concerned’ at Egypt ruling on Al-Jazeera journalists
The US has said it is "deeply disappointed and concerned" at the three-year jail sentences passed in Egypt on three…
Arabs, Muslims can sue U.S. officials over post-9/11 jail treatment
A divided U.S. appeals court said the federal government's top law enforcers can be sued by former inmates who…
Egyptian court jails 23 men over killing of Shi’ite Muslims
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 23 men to 14 years in jail without parole over the killing of four Shi'ite…
Egyptian TV Host Ahmed Moussa Receives Fresh Jail Sentence Over Slander
An Egyptian misdemeanor court on Tuesday sentenced TV host Ahmed Moussa, in absentia, to a year in jail for slander…