The dead body of journalist and presenter Shaima Gamal, who was killed by her husband, had signs of blows to the head and suffocation in the neck, official sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm.
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Court to rule on appeal against closure of Hadhoud case on June 23, allows family lawyers access to case files for 1st time
Lawyers for the family of Ayman Hadhoud were finally allowed to review the case files in the investigation into the researcher’s death on Saturday, after weeks of demanding access to them as part of their appeal against the prosecution’s decision to close the case, lawyer Fatma Serag told Mada Masr.
Read More »Egypt releases 15 political prisoners held in pretrial detention
Egypt’s yesterday released 15 prisoners who had been held in pretrial detention. Human rights lawyer, Tarek Al-Awadi, said the detainees included “Islamist activist Magdy Korkor and producer Moataz Abdel-Wahab.”
Read More »17-yr-old convicted of ‘prostitution’ based on social media content used to convict ‘human trafficker’ of sexually exploiting her
TikTok content creator Moka Hegazi, 17, was convicted in February of “prostitution, and inviting debauchery” by a juvenile court that leveraged photographs and video footage shared on her TikTok account to evidence the ruling, her lawyer, Aziza al-Taweel told Mada Masr.
Read More »25 detainees ordered released in 2 days
Release orders for 25 imprisoned detainees, mostly activists and politicians jailed without trial for as long as four years, were issued over the course of Sunday and Monday by judicial authorities, according to several lawyers who spoke to Mada Masr.
Read More »Political activists in Egypt suddenly released
Investigative authorities in Egypt have released activists Abdel Rahman Tarek, known in the media as Mocca, Egyptian lawyer Khaled Ali said on his personal Facebook page.
Read More »Egyptian journalist accused of terrorism-related charges
A Cairo prosecutor has accused Egyptian photojournalist Mohamed Fawzy of terrorism-related charges, 15 days after being arrested without interrogation, prominent rights lawyer Khaled Ali posted on his Facebook page.
Read More »Egypt authorities release son of MP in murder of a janitor
The Egyptian judiciary has released the 14-year-old son of a parliamentarian, accused of killing a janitor from Bulaq al-Dakrour district.
Read More »Family requests surveillance footage from final weeks of economic researcher Ayman Hadhoud’s life
The family of the late economic researcher Ayman Hadhoud has filed a legal request for the release of surveillance footage from the final weeks in his life.
Read More »Sister of Alaa Abdel-Fattah confirms hunger strike in Egypt
Sister of leading pro-democracy British, Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah refuted late on Monday evening an official claim that her brother had not been on hunger strike at the notorious Tora maximum-security prison.
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