Category Archives: egypt

09 Sep
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Africa: counterproductive counterterrorism according the UNDP Report

9 September 2017 : a 128-page UNDP report “Journey to Extremism in Africa” presents the results of a two-year UNDP Africa study aimed to generate improved understanding about the incentives and drivers of violent extremism, as expressed by recruits to ...

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12 Aug
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Egypt. Program of the training course for media and human rights

Training Course Media and Human Rights: Access to Justice and Role of Law Hurghada 1 – 6 August 2017 Tentative Work Program Day I: 1 August 2017 Traveling to Hurghada 5 am Opening and Introduction 7 pm Day II: 2 ...

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07 Aug
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Egypt. First training course on Human Rights and Criminal Justice Promotion

Training Course on Human Rights and Criminal Justice Promotion Hurghada , Egypt 1 – 6 August 2017   Within the context of the partnership between the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) and “Hands Off Cain” Organization to reinvigorate the ...

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07 Aug
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Egypt. Court upholds 12 death sentences, 157 life terms over Matay case

7 August 2017: an Egyptian court has upheld 12 death sentences and 157 life terms for members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood over alleged crimes relating to the storming of a police station some four years ago. Minya Criminal Court ...

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02 Aug
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Egypt. Training course on Human Rights and promoting Criminal Justice

2 August 2017: today the Arab Organization for Human Rights  (AOHR) launched the activities of the training course on “Human Rights and promoting Criminal Justice” in Hurghada City, Egypt. The activity is part of the AOHR goals for Penal Reform ...

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29 Jul
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Egypt. 8 sentenced to death over 2013 protests

29 July 2017: a criminal court in Egypt sentenced to death eight defendants in a case related to the deadly protests of 2013 that followed the military-led ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi. The court issued the sentences and, as ...

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22 Jul
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Egypt. 28 sentences to death over prosecutor’s death

22 July 2017: an Egyptian court sentenced 28 people to death in connection with the 2015 assassination of the country’s prosecutor-general, according to a local judicial source. Prosecutor-general Hisham Barakat was killed in a car bomb attack on his convoy in ...

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21 Jul
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Egypt. 13 sentenced to death for murdering former CBE governor’s bodyguard

21 July 2017: thirteen were sentenced to death by the Giza Criminal Court for the killing of former Central Bank Governor Hisham Ramez’s bodyguard. The trial, which began in 2013, also focused on the defendants’ involvement in the stealing of ...

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17 Jul
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Egypt. Pro-Morsi demonstrator handed death penalty

17 July 2017: an Egyptian court confirmed a death sentence handed to a man after he was found guilty of violence in a case relating to a protest against the 2013 military coup that ousted former President Mohamed Morsi, the Anadolu ...

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12 Jul
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Egypt. 12 Brotherhood members sentenced to death over violence allegations

12 July 2017: the Minya Criminal Court sentenced 12 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group to death over breaking into Matay police station and killing an officer, official news agency MENA reported. The defendants were convicted of assaulting government ...

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