Judge Abdullah Omar was sworn in as new head of Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Wednesday, in the presence of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the Presidency said in a statement.

State Security Prosecution renewed the detentions of two activists over the weekend by filing new charges against them.

Egyptian authorities have extended the detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein by another 45 days. The extension on Sunday came more than 1,300 days after his arrest upon arrival in Egypt’s capital, Cairo.

Egypt’s public prosecution office announced on Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into the alleged gang rape of an 18-year-old woman in a luxury hotel in Cairo in 2014.

The Egyptian authorities are seeking the arrest of Mohamed Ali, a construction contractor residing in Spain. On July 21, the Spanish Ministry of Justice revealed that Egypt made an official request to the Spanish authorities to hand over the Egyptian businessman who resides in Barcelona on charges of fraud and …

The jailing of five Egyptian influencers on charges of “violating public morals” over videos they published on TikTok has set a new precedent for controls that women face online, as well as the social limits increasingly placed upon them.

Egyptian authorities have executed seven men they accused in a criminal case of killing a police officer in the Ismailia governorate.

The relationship between the lawyer and his or her client is central to the functioning of the legal system. At every stage, from interrogation to sentencing, this relationship plays a determinative role in a client’s access to a fair trial.

Egyptian authorities released the editor of an independent news website after more than two years in pre-trial detention, the head of Journalists’ Union said.

Egypt has executed seven people over the killing of a police officer in the northeastern city of Ismailiya in 2013, a security official said on Tuesday.