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New Head of State Lawsuits Authority sworn in before Al-Sisi
President asserts his keenness to establish a law state based on justice, equality
Strict prison sentences issued to 6 in attempted murder of judge
A judge survived an assassination attempt back in 2015
Judge imprisoned for killing civilian in Nasr City
Prosecution imprisoned the judge for 15 days pending investigations, lift his judicial immunity
Judge accused of possessing 68kg of hashish receives life sentence
The defendants can still appeal the court ruling
Court postpones Facebook, Twitter ban lawsuit
Social media websites incite violence, says lawyer
Despite escalating crackdown, NGOs still demand safe environment for work
Judge Hesham Abdel Meguid issued a media gag on the reopened 2011 NGOs’ foreign funding case
Request to remove judge in ‘Rabaa Operations room’ case refused
On Sunday, the trial was suspended to allow for reviewing the request to remove the judge
State Council to rule in dispute between prosecution, judge in espionage trial
Prosecution representative in Mohamed Morsi’s espionage trial was referred to judicial inspection
Judge forced into retirement for storming State Security building
Judge Zakaria Abdul Aziz considers trial to be unfair and describes Egypt as an authoritarian state
‘Cabinet clashes’ defendants demand Judge Nagy Shehata step down
The court is set to launch the procedures concerning the defendants’ demand
FJP spokesperson disagrees with judicial announcements on Brotherhood activities
Judicial committee to freeze Brotherhood assets allegedly found documents detailing Brotherhood indiscretions since 2012
Social media backlash continues against Judge Nagy Shehata
“Stop Nagy Shehata” hashtag gathers different encounters with the judge
‘Rabaa Sit-In’ trial postponed due to lack of room in court
Courtroom’s cages are too small for the 700-plus defendants, including photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, also known as Shawkan
‘Brotherhood member’ accused of threatening judge is court employee
Interior Ministry described the man as Brotherhood member who abused his position to gather information about judges
Trials paused for New Suez Canal inauguration resumed
Sunday trials include Port Said massacre, Matay police station and revolutionary activists
Media gag ordered for case involving judge demanding sexual favours
Head of a Misdemeanour Cassation Court is charged with the case
Trial of 25 public figures over ‘insulting the judiciary’ adjourned to 1 October
Judge lifts travel ban for several defendants, including detained activist Abdel Fattah
An assassination brings insurgency to Cairo
By Amr Khalifa Imagine the Prosecutor General of France in a motorcade near the Place de Montmartre. Now imagine a suicide car bomb intercepting that motorcade and killing him. Today Egypt doesn’t have to imagine. On an otherwise normal sunny Ramadan day, Hisham Barakat, Egypt’s Prosecutor General, was assassinated thereby delivering a burgeoning insurgency’s biggest …
CSF Officer Yassin Salah gets 15 years: The full story
Al-Sabbagh lost her life, betrayed by those who vowed to protect it, says prosecution
Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh faced threats of kidnapping her 6-year-old son
“May God be with you”, Al-Sabbagh’s family tells officer’s family
3 policemen referred to trial over torture accusations
Detained man was allegedly beaten to death in police station
Egypt’s judiciary unites opposing political currents in one trial
Mohamed Morsi, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Amr Hamzawy among 25 accused of ‘insulting judiciary’
Hamas calls verdict on Palestinians in Morsi trial ‘shocking’, ‘sad’
“Some were martyrs of resistance a long time ago,” says Hamas spokesperson
Presidency mourns judges killed in armed North Sinai attack
Attack on judges should make them more determined to pursue justice, says Al-Sisi
Judicial bullets and Egyptian insecurity
Egypt has become one massive kangaroo court for Islamist opponents of the Al-Sisi regime. The security repercussions of such systematic repression and injustice may potentially lead the shortening of the life span of a regime struggling to maintain a security hold on a nation increasingly plagued by terror attacks. In a rational dynamic of politically …
Justice minister resigns, new appointment expected
Experts question whether minister’s replacement will really help the reality of social equality and justice in Egypt
68 protesters fined EGP 50,000 each in 25 January anniversary trial
Protesters acquitted of Protest Law crimes subject to imprisonment
Potential law denying witness testimony threatens judicial fairness: HRW
International rights group calls on President Al-Sisi to reject proposed criminal law amendments
Presidential decree issued to settle corruption cases
Amendments to Criminal Code aim to provide corruption case defendants way to reconcile with state
The ‘executions judge’ Nagy Shehata
Meet the man behind the Al Jazeera, Operations Room and Cabinet Clashes cases