5 May 2019: Egypt’s highest appeals court has upheld death sentences for 13 people convicted of terror charges. The charges came over attacks in Cairo in which explosive devices left at least two police officers dead. The Court of Cassation ...
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20 April 2019, Sharm el Sheikh The non-governmental Forum of the African Commission on Human and Peoples ‘ Rights was launched at 10 a.m. today in the context of the 46th session of the Committee, which is held in Sharm ...
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17 April 2019: a Cairo criminal court sentenced on Tuesday two defendants to death over a 2017 terrorist attack against the Saint Menas and Pope Cyril IV church in Helwan, which killed nine Christian civilians and one policeman. The court ...
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Press release Closing of the National Symposium on “Modernizing Penal Legislation in Egypt“ By agreeing to continue the community dialogue and adopt the outputs The National Symposium on “Modernization of the Penal Legislation in Egypt”, which was ...
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7 April 2019: the National Seminar on “Modernization of Penal Legislation in Egypt”, which started on 6 April, was held in Cairo this evening and discussed five issues related to modernizing the law system in Egypt. The seminar is part ...
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Mr/ Alaa Shalaby speech Ladies and gentlemen, Allow me to express, on my behalf and on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, our pleasure at holding this national symposium on the issue of ...
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6 April 2019: Giza Criminal Court recommended the death penalty for seven defendants accused of orchestrating a 2016 attack on a tourist bus and hotel near Egypt’s Giza Pyramids. The attack left no injuries but caused windows of the Three ...
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Press release: launch of the National symposium on “Modernization of the penal Legislation in Egypt”
Press Releases … Launch of the National symposium on “Modernization of the penal Legislation in Egypt” The National symposium on “Modernization of penal Legislation in Egypt”, organized by the Arab Organization for Human Rights in the context of the international ...
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Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights uprsubmissions@ohchr.org Rome, 28 March 2019 re: Questions for Egypt’s UPR – 2019 cycle In February 2011, following an 18-day popular uprising, then President Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign. As a ...
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