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An Egyptian criminal court on Sunday ordered 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) released on bail , including deputy chairman Mahmoud Ezzat and spokesperson Essam al-Erian. The members of MB, which...

Twenty-six men suspected both of plotting numerous attacks in Egypt and of having links to Hezbollah were transferred Sunday to an emergency state court that deals specifically with terrorism and state...

An Egyptian military court on Wednesday sentenced an Islamist opposition leader to two years in prison for illegally entering Gaza. Magdy Ahmed Hussein, leader of the Labor Party , was arrested last month on suspicion of...

Human Rights Watch Wednesday sharply criticized Egypt's decision to extend the country's emergency laws for a further two year period, saying the move "shows contempt for the rule of law." Emergency...

Egyptian parliamentarians voted 305-103 Monday to extend the country's emergency laws for two more years at the behest of the government. The laws, which were first implemented after the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, permit...

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has announced an 18-month timetable for lifting the state of emergency that Egypt has lived under since 1981. The administration of President Hosni Mubarak will...

The nephew of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was sentenced to a year in prison by a military tribunal Tuesday for his comments implicating the military in the assassination of his uncle over 25 years ago [BBC...

The nephew of assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat began a sit-in in front of Egypt's parliament on Tuesday to protest his upcoming military trial for implicating the Egyptian army in his uncle's assassination 25 years...

A nephew of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat who is now an Egyptian opposition MP associated with the Ahrar party appeared before an Egyptian military court Wednesday on charges of making defamatory remarks regarding the...

As many as 300 reformist judges in Egypt who have called for more judicial independence from the government led by President Hosni Mubarak staged a silent protest in front of the High Court Thursday as...