An Egyptian administrative court rejected a lawsuit filed by a lawyer known for his support of the government to revoke the citizenship of defendants convicted in terror-related cases.
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Ruling issued in favor of NGO for disbursal of 1.5 mn euros ‘facade of judicial fairness’
An administrative court ruling over the weekend that greenlit the disbursal of 1.5 million euros to the Sadat Association for Social Development & Welfare “merely puts up a facade of judicial fairness,” the head of the NGO embroiled in the state’s crackdown on international funding to civil society’ organizations told …
Read More »Court finds police order to force activist to spend 12 hours a day in police station ‘abusive’ and ‘without justification’
An administrative court said police officials acted “unilaterally and without justification” in ordering activist Mohamed Adel to spend 12 hours every night — from 6 pm to 6 am — inside a police station as part of his probation, according to the judicial reasoning for a December ruling by an …
Read More »‘Final, non-appealable’: Egypt upholds controversial niqab ban for Cairo University staff
An Egyptian court upheld a ruling on Sunday banning teaching staff at Cairo University from wearing a face veil while holding lectures.
Read More »Egyptian court demands to know whereabouts of Arab Spring icon, Mostafa Al-Naggar
Egypt’s administrative court has ordered the country’s interior minister to reveal the location of a prominent Arab Spring activist and former lawmaker, local media has reported.
Read More »Egypt refuses to extradite Gadhafi-linked leaders to Libya
Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court has issued a final ruling nullifying executive authorities’ decision to extradite six leaders and ministers of the late Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.
Read More »In 1st ruling of its kind, court invalidates order for activist to spend 12 hours in police station as part of probation sentence
An administrative court ruled on Monday to invalidate the order by the Daqahlia security director and the head of the Aga police station to compel April 6 Youth Movement co-founder Mohamed Adel to spend 12 hours every night — from 6 pm to 6 pm — inside the police station …
Read More »Egypt to confiscate funds of 120 alleged Brotherhood financiers
Egyptian authorities will confiscate the funds of 120 people accused of financing the Muslim Brotherhood, according to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
Read More »Rights activist reappears in Egypt after 167 days of forcible disappearance
After 167 days of forcible disappearance housing researcher Ibrahim Ezz-Eldin has appeared in the Supreme State Security Prosecution.
Read More »Egyptian judges question motives behind income tax increase
Egypt’s State Council Judges Club and the Administrative Prosecution Authority Judges Club each held meetings Sept. 14 to discuss changes from the tax authority that will increase income taxes on Egypt’s judges, a judicial source told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity.
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