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January 13, 2015 12:10:56 PM

A court in Egypt on Tuesday overturned the convictions of embezzlement for former president Hosni Mubarak and ordered a retrial. Mubarak was sentenced in May to three years after being found guilty of...

December 3, 2014 11:38:58 AM

Egypt's prosecutor general stated Tuesday that he will appeal the Egyptian court's Saturday decision that dropped charges against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and dismissed the case . Mubarak, his former security chief...

November 30, 2014 10:23:42 AM

A Cairo court on Saturday confirmed a decision dissolving the Islamist Istiqlal Party. The court also rejected an appeal of the decision. The case was brought before the court after former State Security Court judge...

November 29, 2014 10:31:52 AM

An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped charges against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak by dismissing the case . Judge Mahmoud Kamel al-Rashidi, who read the verdict for the three-panel court, stated that charges...

November 20, 2014 02:06:46 PM

Egyptian authorities on Thursday arrested a top Muslim Brotherhood member who played a key role in negotiations between the group and the Egyptian government. A security official said the arrest of Mohammed Ali Bishr was linked...

October 11, 2014 12:36:25 PM

An Egyptian court on Saturday jailed eight men, including two Muslim Brotherhood leaders, for 15 years over the torture of a lawyer during 2011 uprisings against former president Hosni Mubarak . The defendants were convicted of torturing,...

October 9, 2014 11:00:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed Abdelaal, of the Alexandria University School of Law in Egypt, discusses the complexities of the current state of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court...After the now-ousted President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood assumed power in Egypt...

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Egypt court postpones Mubarak verdict

September 27, 2014 01:09:43 PM

An Egyptian court on Saturday has postponed the verdict in the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak until November 29 due to the large amount of evidence. The verdict in the case was...

July 17, 2014 09:54:30 AM

An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced nine men to prison for participating in mob sexual assaults in Tahrir Square during celebrations for the inauguration of Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi . The ruling comes a month after el-Sisi called...

July 15, 2014 08:45:49 AM

The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters on Monday overturned a May decision that banned former leaders of the National Democratic Party (NDP) from running in the country's parliamentary elections. An Urgent Matters Court in May accused the...

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