Egypt has unfrozen the assets of former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, who was acquitted on all corruption-related charges earlier this month, a judicial source confirmed Sunday.

Some 762 detainees have died in Egyptian jails since the July 2013 coup, a UK-based human rights group reported yesterday, adding that 551 of them had died as a result of medical negligence.

Egyptian authorities released a number of secondary school students, who were detained for several hours after protesting against the new education system.

The Interior Ministry announced the killing of two criminals in an exchange of fire with security forces in Daqahlia on Wednesday.

Egypt’s interior ministry yesterday said it had killed 12 individuals in the capital city of Cairo for allegedly “planning to cause chaos across the country.”

The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday ordered former-presidential candidate and head of the “Strong Egypt Party” Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh be detained for a further 45 days, having been accused of leading a terrorist group.

A total of 232 inmates have been pardoned, as per presidential pardon No. 232/2019, concerning the release of some inmates after serving part of their sentences.

Security forces killed on Tuesday two “extremely dangerous” criminal suspects in a shootout in Qena in Upper Egypt, Egypt’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.

A total of 467 prisoners were released on Thursday on the occasion of Sinai Liberation Day Egypt celebrates annually on April 25.

Egyptian authorities yesterday announced that they would close the Rafah border crossing for one day, Maan News Agency  reported.