The Dokki Prosecution has decided on Tuesday to detain rights lawyer and previous presidential candidate Khaled Ali, after he had been interrogated on charges of making an obscene finger gesture in public in front of the [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has assured US President Donald Trump that Cairo will hand over the two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, according to a US-based Egyptian diplomat. The source, who spoke on the [ More … ]
A new leaked audio recording hasshowed the Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry while coordinating with senior Israeli diplomat the transfer of the two Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia. Mekameleen TV Channel, an Egyptian [ More … ]
Egypt’s Administrative Court confirmed the ruling that nullifies the transfer of the two Red Sea islands of Trian and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia. The court ruled that the government should abide by its previous verdict [ More … ]
An Egyptian military court jailed Thursday 17 civilians for allegedly committing violence, according to a local human rights activist, reported Anadolu Agency. The court slapped ten defendants with a life sentence each in absentia for [ More … ]
Dr. Tarek El Ghandour, a dermatologist professor at Ain Shams University and a leading figure of the Freedom and Justice party, was sentenced by the criminal court to 5 years in prison on December 14, [ More … ]
After a long delay, Egypt’s Court has postponed a verdict in the mass trial of Irish juvenile Ibrahim Halawa and 493 other prisoners, who were arrested after the military coup in 2013. There were expectations [ More … ]
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry considered that Turkey’s comments on the judicial sentences handed down against President Mohamed Morsi are a setback for future bilateral positive relations. In an iftar meeting with the editors-in-chief of [ More … ]
Once Egypt’s Administrative Court verdict nullified the controversial agreement between Egypt and Saudi Arabia over Tiran and Sanafir islands, the Egyptian government rushed to appeal against the historical verdict. In fact, the Egyptian government has [ More … ]
Sayed Kasem the advisor of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Egypt’s former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, suggested the sharing of the Tiran and Sanafir islands between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. In his statement to al-Shorouk newspaper, Kasem [ More … ]
Egypt’s Administrative Court has returned Tiran and Sanafir islands case back to the scene. The court has nullified the controversial demarcation border agreement that stipulates the transfer of Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia. [ More … ]
Egypt’s Administrative court verdict that nullifies the controversial Egyptian-Saudi demarcation agreement, slapped al-Sisi and his government’s waiver of the two Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia.The Egyptian public opinion has received the [ More … ]
The Egyptian government appealed against the administrative court nullification of the al-Sisi plan to cede control of the two Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia. The maritime border demarcation agreement was signed in April between Egypt [ More … ]
The world’s leading professional organization for journalists- the National Press Club (NPC)- has expressed its deep concern over the Egyptian court verdict to uphold death penalties for three journalists. Egypt’s court had confirmed Egypt’s Grand [ More … ]
Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced the first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi to life in prison and an additional 15-year prison sentence in what is known as the Qatar espionage case. Life sentences in Egypt are [ More … ]
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