The long-delayed executive bylaws for new legislation governing the operations of non-governmental organizations were published in the Official Gazette on Thursday, a final step in the implementation of the highly scrutinized law.
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Egypt allows judicial officers to enforce tickets against violators of coronavirus measures
Egypt’s Justice Minister Omar Marwan issued a decree on Tuesday to enable judicial officers with law enforcement authorities to issue tickets for violators of any government restrictions limiting the coronavirus outbreak.
Read More »Egyptian public servants to be given status of the law enforcement officers
Egyptian Minister of Justice Omar Marwan will issue a decision to per which a number of public servants will be given the status of law enforcement officers to collect fines from those who are not obligated to wearing masks amid the increasing infection rate of coronavirus.
Read More »Egypt’s Ministry working on digitizing litigation system
Egypt’s Minister of Justice Omar Marwan said that the Ministry headed to digitizing the litigation system, noting that filing legal cases or suing can be conducted remotely.
Read More »Defense lawyers say move to hold remote detention renewal sessions undermines due process
The Justice Ministry launched a new plan on Sunday to conduct detention renewals electronically instead of holding in-person court sessions, a move defense lawyers say will undermine basic due process rights.
Read More »Egypt to discuss law that protects privacy of sexual assault survivors
Egypt’s Ministry of Justice has submitted a bill to parliament proposing amendments that would include further protections for survivors of sexual harassment who are afraid to speak up.
Read More »Morsi’s justice minister to be released in Egypt
The Egyptian judiciary decided Sunday to release the former justice minister who served in the Mohammed Morsi government, reports Anadolu Agency.
Read More »Egypt to discuss bill allowing investing funds confiscated from political detainees
Egypt’s parliament is set to discuss a new bill proposing a body be setup to invest assets confiscated from detainees.
Read More »Mubarak’s relative reconciles with state, returns LE 45M
Egyptian Ministry of Justice’s illicit gains department has approved reconciliation with Mounir Thabet, former Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak’s brother-in-law, after he had paid as much as LE 45 million ($2.72 million) out of which he owes to the state.
Read More »Egypt torture conference ‘kafkaesque horror’, says head of revolutionary council
Head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council Maha Azzam has written to the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Jeria urging her to publicly condemn the regional conference on torture which will be held in Cairo at the beginning of September and will be co-hosted by the international body.
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