Jailed Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour Thursday lost his appeal for a retrial following his December conviction for forging signatures on documents registering his Al-Ghad Party for last year's presidential election {JURIST...
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Disciplinary hearings for Egypt judges set as supporters clash with police
A disciplinary hearing for two Egyptian judges who complained of alleged fraud in last year's parliamentary elections is set to resume amid renewed clashes between riot police and the judges' supporters . The judges, Mahmoud Mekki...
Protests continue in Egypt over two judges facing disciplinary hearings at Egypt's highest court for their criticism of parliamentary elections last year, which they and eight other judges claimed were marred by fraud. Judges Hisham...
Italy denies involvement in 2003 CIA kidnapping of Egyptian cleric in Milan
The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported Thursday that an Italian policeman has confessed to participating in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from the streets of Milan. The Italian government responded by denying...
Lawyer claims imam kidnapped by CIA in Italy was beaten in US custody
The lawyer for Moustafa Hassan Nasr , the Egyptian cleric who CIA operatives allegedly kidnapped and moved out of Italy to Egypt in 2003 in an instance of extraordinary rendition , has claimed...
International brief ~ Sudan denies accepting UN peacekeepers for Darfur
Leading Monday's international brief, a Sudanese government official has denied reports that Sudan would accept UN peacekeepers in the Darfur region as inaccurate and unfounded. Sudan has continually rejected all...
US illegal immigrant policies less harsh than other countries: congressional report
US Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) , chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, released a report by the Law Library of Congress on Friday showing that several countries have harsher policies for illegal immigrants and their employers...
Egypt extends emergency law as crackdown on protesters continues
The Egyptian parliament on Sunday extended the country's emergency laws for two more years in order to allow more time for the government to draft anti-terrorism legislation. The emergency laws, which would have expired in June, were...
Egypt judges appear before disciplinary panel over election fraud allegations
Two Egyptian judges faced disciplinary hearings at the Egyptian Supreme Court Thursday for their criticisms of parliamentary elections last year, which they and eight other judges claimed were marred by fraud. The two judges, Hesham el-Bastawisy and...
Guantanamo detainees claim US prisoner transfers exposed them to torture
Recently-released US military tribunal hearing records and other documents indicate at that least seven prisoners at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay were transferred abroad to jurisdictions practicing torture before their arrival at the base,...