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News of Tanta
Little-known Raja earn Egyptian Premier League promotion for first time
Raja earned promotion to the Egyptian Premier league for the first time in their history after they beat Tanta 1-0 on Wednesday on the last day of a second-division playoff. The little-known club, who are based in Marsa Matrouh governorate, close to the Egyptian-Libyan border, secured passage to (...)

12 - 06 - 2013
Unfancied Ragaa promoted after drama
Ragaa have been promoted to the Egyptian Premier League for the first time with a stunning 1-0 victory over favorites Tanta. Ragaa started the day in fourth place of the six-club playoff, with three points separating them from leaders Tanta, two from Maliya and one from Baladiya. Tanta, who needed (...)

12 - 06 - 2013
Rights group calls on Morsi to pardon activist
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR) has called on President Mohamed Morsi to pardon activist Ahmed Douma, who was sentenced to prison on Monday for insulting the president. The EOHR also called on Morsi to amend legislation "that allows the issuance of such judgements, in order to (...)

04 - 06 - 2013
Activist Ahmed Douma given 6 months for insulting Morsy
Tanta Misdemeanor Court has sentenced opposition activist Ahmed Douma to 6 months in prison on charges of insulting President Mohamed Morsy. Bail was set at LE 5,000. Dozens of supporters gathered before the court to express solidarity with Douma. They chanted slogans against the president and the (...)

03 - 06 - 2013
Doma verdict coming 3 June
Tanta Misdemeanours Court postponed the case of journalist and activist Ahmed Doma on Monday, and is set to hand down a verdict on 3 June. The court also ordered Doma's continued detention until the hearing in three weeks. Supporters of the defendant chanted against the Muslim Brotherhood and (...)

13 - 05 - 2013
Detainees in Tanta released on bail
Five individuals who had been arrested for alleged connections to violence, near the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters, on 22 March were released on EGP 1,000 bail on Saturday. The hearing was the first in the trial against the defendants, and was postponed to 14 July. Khaled Al-Dweik, Fahed Abdel (...)

11 - 05 - 2013
Egyptian Activist Stands Trial Today For Insulting President
The first hearing in the trial of prominent activist Ahmed Douma, who has been accused of insulting the president and disrupting public order, is expected to take place later today. A prosecutor ordered that Douma be detained for four days pending investigations on Tuesday over allegations of (...)

05 - 05 - 2013
Ahmed Anwar's trial postponed
The trial of blogger Ahmed Anwar, who is charged with insulting the Ministry of Interior, has been postponed to 1 June. Anwar was not present during the court hearing, which was postponed by Tanta Court. "My lawyer advised me not to go. He said I would be taken into custody if I went," Anwar (...)

04 - 05 - 2013
Egypt's Kandil Sentenced one Year on Not Implementing Judicial Decision
Al-Dokki Misdemeanor Court headed by Judge Mohamed Al Sawy, ordered to jail Dr Hesham Kandil, Egyptian Prime Minister, for one year and fined him for EGP 2000. The verdict was returned over the case of "Tanta Flax", whereas Kandil refused to implement the decision of returning the privatized (...)

17 - 04 - 2013
Egyptian court slams PM Qandil with suspended prison sentence
The Dokki Misdemeanor Court on Wednesday gave Prime Minister Hisham Qandil a suspended sentence of one year in prison with a LE2,000 bail, on charges of abstaining from implementing a verdict by the Administrative Court that ordered the renationalisation of the Tanta Flax and Oil Company, and (...)

17 - 04 - 2013
Qandil acquitted in privatization case
The Dokki Misdemeanors Court issued its verdict today acquitting Prime Minister Hesham Qandil from liability and impeachment in light of a lawsuit filed by workers at the Tanta Flax and Oils Company, accusing him of failing to uphold an administrative court ruling issued in September 2011 — ruling (...)

10 - 04 - 2013
Blogger faces trial for mocking interior ministry
Two human rights organisations condemned the public prosecution for issuing an arrest warrant for video blogger Ahmed Anwar and referring him to trial. The prosecution referred Anwar to the Tanta Partial Court after charging him with insulting the Ministry of Interior. Anwar had posted a video to (...)

07 - 04 - 2013
Allam officially inaugurated as Grand Mufti
The inauguration ceremony of Shawky Ibrahim Abdel Karim as Grand Mufti was held inside Dar Al-Ifta' on Sunday. Abdel Karim, 52, was preceded by Ali Gomaa, who has already passed the retirement age in 2012, but his tenure was extended for a year by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. State-run (...)

03 - 03 - 2013
Police officers permitted to grow beards
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Wednesday that bearded police officers could return to their posts, rejecting an appeal filed by the Ministry of the Interior. The officers had been suspended by the ministry after they grew beards in an outward display of piety as exhibited by many Muslim (...)

20 - 02 - 2013
Clashes over dead child break out in Mahalla
Violent clashes broke out between protesters and security forces in Mahalla on Saturday after the death of a 14 year-old protester on Friday. Dozens of protesters gathered at the Al-Shoom Square in Mahalla after the funeral of Mahmoud El-Qott, a 14 year-old protester who was hit by a car on Friday, (...)

17 - 02 - 2013
Anti-Morsi protesters clash with police in Gharbiya
Clashes erupted in several cities across the governorate of Gharbiya in the central Delta on Friday. Protesters threw rocks at the security directorate in Tanta, blocked the road between Tanta and the city of Santa, and pelted the city's council with molotov cocktail bombs in Mahalla. Central (...)

15 - 02 - 2013
Forensic report: Gendy probably tortured
Forensic evidence suggests that deceased activist Mohamed al-Gendy was tortured, said Ehsan Kamil, head of the Forensic Medicine Department. However, “the final report is not meant to determine the cause of death,” Kamil cautioned. The report indicated that Gendy sustained wounds on the left side (...)

14 - 02 - 2013
Clashes around Mahalla court
Clashes broke out on Monday between protesters and security forces around the Mahalla courts complex, as protesters called for the acquittal of eight detained protesters. The eight protesters were detained on charges of destroying public property and disrupting state order during clashes in Mahalla (...)

11 - 02 - 2013
Tense calm in front of presidential palace after clashes
After a spike in violence during protests Friday evening, clashes between anti-Morsi protesters and police forces in front of the presidential palace and around several governorates have subsided by Saturday morning. Police forces at the presidential palace dispersed a sit-in by a group of (...)

09 - 02 - 2013
Slain Activist's Funeral March Leads To Attack On Tanta Police Station
Protesters at a funeral march held for slain activist Mohamed El-Gendy, who was allegedly tortured to death by police following recent anti-government demonstrations, attempted to storm the Tanta Police Station and the Gharbiya Security Directorate on Monday evening. According to El-Gendy's friends (...)

05 - 02 - 2013
Verdict on Qandil dismissal, imprisonment case set for 15 January
The Dokki Misdemeanor Court is scheduled to issue a verdict on 15 January in a case filed against Prime Minister Hesham Qandil demanding his dismissal and imprisonment for not implementing a court ruling. An administrative court had previously issued a ruling ordering the return of the Tanta Flax (...)

08 - 01 - 2013
Lawsuit questions legitimacy of the referendum
The first hearing for a lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of the referendum on the draft constitution was scheduled for Tuesday at the Tanta Administrative Court. Lawyer Hamdy Al-Fakharany filed the suit a week ago calling for the postponing the announcement of the referendum results. Al-Fakharany (...)

24 - 12 - 2012
Train crash injures six
Egypt's latest train crash occurred on Tuesday afternoon between Kafr Al-Sheikh and Tanta. Train no. 495 collided with a microbus near the village of Shabshir, injuring six passengers on the microbus. Four were discharged from hospital after receiving treatment, while two remained in care going (...)

24 - 12 - 2012
New prosecutor general swears in, declares retrial of Mubarak and Adly
Minutes after President Mohamed Morsy announced the new constitutional declaration and his decision to appoint a new prosecutor general to replace Abdel Meguid Mahmoud, Talaat Ibrahim Abdallah was sworn in as Mahmoud's successor. Al-Masry Al-Youm tweeted on Thursday evening that after swearing in, (...)

22 - 11 - 2012
Bishop: Morsy invited to pope ordainment, not altar lottery
Bishop Paula, the bishop of Tanta and spokesperson of the committee overseeing the papal election, said Thursday the Church had not invited President Mohamed Morsy to attend the altar lottery that will chose the next Coptic pope. He said that Morsy has been invited to the ordainment ceremony on 18 (...)

01 - 11 - 2012
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