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Egyptian police Monday arrested 31 additional members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, bringing the total number of members arrested to 700, according to officers speaking on condition of anonymity. The members were arrested for...

The trial of three Egyptian journalists and one lawyer accused of slandering a local election commission chief by alleging fraud in Egypt's November parliamentary election and publishing the names of two judges accused of rigging results in...

Three independent UN experts in the areas of judicial independence and freedom of expression expressed "grave concern" for "recent attacks against the judiciary of Egypt," and for detaining protesters who rallied in support of several reform-oriented...

The Egyptian Parliament has sent an anticipated judicial reform bill prepared by the Ministry of Justice back to Egypt's Cabinet to iron out controversial points, including the Justice Ministry's right to assess the performance of judges, the...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Nathan Brown, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University and a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says that despite recent pressure by reformist judges for political reform in...

Prosecutors in Egypt on Tuesday added 15 days to the detention time for 185 people who have participated in pro-reform demonstrations since April. All but 21 of the detainees are members of the Muslim Brotherhood [movement...

Two Egyptian protesters were allegedly tortured and sexually assaulted by Egyptian police after a peaceful demonstration in favor of two judicial reformists who exposed alleged fraud in the country's election last year, according to one of 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...

Three Egyptian journalists and a lawyer have been charged with slandering a local election commission chief by alleging fraud in Egypt's November parliamentary election and publishing the names of two judges accused of rigging results in a runoff poll...

A disciplinary panel for two Egyptian judges who complained of alleged fraud in last year’s parliamentary elections Thursday reprimanded pro-reform judge Hisham Bastawisi but cleared Mahmoud Mekki of whistleblowing allegations. The rulings came amid clashes ...