5 October 2017: prison overcrowding is another of the social problems facing the state. The construction of new penal institutions is now inevitable with the permanent increase in the number of prisoners. Within a few days, 800 individuals were arrested ...
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21 September 2017: the Human Rights Council adopted the final documents resulting from the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Tunisia. In his introduction, Mr. Shalva Tsiskarashvili, Vice-President of the Council, recalled Resolution 16/21 of the Human Rights Council, which firmly ...
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20 September 2017: combating terrorism at the regional and international level is the top priority on the agenda of the current visit of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to the United Nations. According to a report prepared by State Information Service, ...
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On September 19, 2017, from 9 am at the Golden Tulip ElMechtel Hotel in Tunis, the conference “Containing the death penalty in time of war on terrorism” will be held in the framework of the same project supported by the ...
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17 September 2017: a criminal court in Giza sentenced nine people to death for killing the bodyguard of then-governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Hesham Ramez in February 2013. The court found the defendants guilty of premeditated murder as ...
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Egypt. A court issues preliminary death sentence against 7 members of Matrouh ‘Libya terrorist cell’
16 September 2017: a Cairo Criminal Court sentenced seven members of what is known in the media as the “Libya terrorist cell” to death on a number of terror-related charges. The court’s preliminary verdict is scheduled to be referred to ...
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16 September 2017: a life sentence given to Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi has been upheld, a move that apparently shows the government in Cairo has no intention of easing a crackdown on the followers of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. ...
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11 September 2017: three terrorists were sentenced to death, two others jailed for ten years in prison over charges of killing a police officer, and injuring five others after attacking a police checkpoint in Alexandria in 2016. Alexandria criminal court ...
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9 September 2017: an Egyptian court has sentenced eleven people to death over charges of attempted murder and violence, official news agency MENA reported. The defendants were convicted of gathering militants for terrorist purposes, making explosives, assaulting a government institution ...
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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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