Security personnel have the right to defend themselves against attacks on police stations, which is considered a public institution, said the Cairo Criminal Court.
This rationale came with Tuesday's court verdict, which acquitted a policeman accused (...)
Prosecutors started investigating reports from the Interior Ministry on Saturday against 54 protesters arrested in clashes with police in Tahrir Square and Alexandria.
Saturday's clashes resulted in two deaths and 1114 injuries, according to the (...)
The mother of Essam Atta, an inmate of Tora Prison who recently died in a hospital, told prosecutors that her son called her a day before he died and told her he was tortured by prison guards.
She also said that she visited her son in prison every (...)
Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Sunday the trial of Egypt's toppled President Hosni Mubarak to 28 December.
Mubarak, his sons Alaa and Gamal, former interior minister Habib al-Adly, and six former security officials are on trial over charges of (...)
In his testimony before the court on Monday, an eyewitness identified a police officer accused of shooting demonstrators on 29 January in the village of Kerdasa, during the uprising.
The court heard the testimonies of three eye-witnesses in the (...)
Bashar Ibrahim Abu Zeid, a Jordanian man accused by Egyptian authorities of being a spy, said at his first court hearing on Sunday that he had not been given a copy of the statements he made during questioning by the prosecution, prompting the court (...)
Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday exonerated Osama al-Sheikh, the former head of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) of charges he squandered union funds.
Sheikh was accused of selling the broadcast rights of some TV series to private (...)
During Mubarak's trial on Wednesday, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly wore a blue prison uniform, as he has already been convicted in two other cases. Mubarak wore a blue Lacoste tracksuit and lied on a bed, even though, according to Egyptian (...)
A number of lawyers representing revolutionary martyrs in the Mubarak murder trial have said they would consider demanding a change of judge and that prosecutors bring forth new witnesses in the case.
They claim new witnesses are needed, as several (...)
An Egyptian court on Tuesday postponed the trial of Ahmed Ezz, a former regime figure and a steel mogul, to 1 October.
Ezz, a former secretary of the disbanded National Democratic Party (NDP), faces charges of squandering public funds through his (...)
The Cairo Criminal Court is to reconvene on Monday for the third session in the trial of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons Alaa and Gamal, business tycoon Hussein Salem, who is under house arrest in Spain, former Interior Minister Habib (...)
The governor of Sharqiya on Tuesday honored Ahmed al-Shahat, the young man who pulled down the Israeli flag from the Israel Embassy and replaced it with the Egyptian flag during anti-Israel protests on Saturday.
Protesters have been staging (...)
Egypt's public prosecutor ordered Wednesday the release of 113 people detained since Monday when the army and police forces forcibly dispersed a three-week Tahrir Square sit-in.
The detainees denied charges of rioting, hindering traffic and (...)
Justice Minister Mohamed Abdel Aziz al-Guindi has announced that the trial of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six of his aides will be held on 3 August in the “Investment Hall” of the Cairo (...)
A Suez criminal court on Monday released all defendants accused of involvement in killing protesters on a LE10,000 bail.
The court also postponed the case to 14 September.
Angry families of the victims forced security agents to evacuate the (...)
Several familes of protesters killed during the 25 January revolution blocked the Cairo-Suez highway, north of the capital, on Monday.
The action was in protest at the release from detention of several officers accused of killing protesters and the (...)
Ilan Grapel, the Israeli officer suspected of espionage, underwent his eighth official session of interogation on Tuesday.
A judicial source said that an Egyptian lawyer has been accompanying Grapel since the start of the interrogations, and that (...)
The Cairo Criminal Court is due to issue verdicts on 5 July in a corruption case involving three senior figures from the former regime.
Verdicts will be handed down on former Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid, who has fled the (...)
An Egyptian court on Sunday postponed to 3 July the trial of 13 police officers working at the Imbaba and Kerdasa police stations in Cairo. The defendants are accused of killing protesters during the 25 January revolution that toppled former (...)
The misdemeanors appeals court in Heliopolis on Monday extended the detention of Safwat al-Sherif, the former secretary general of the disbanded National Democratic Party (NDP), for 45 days.
Sherif arrived to the North Cairo Court in Abbasseya on (...)
Bishop Moussa, the Coptic Orthodox Church's bishop for youth, has denied earlier reports that Pope Shenouda III has withdrawn his call for Copts to end their protest before the Egyptian Radio and Television Union building on the Maspero Corniche.
He (...)
The families of several martyrs of the 25 January revolution threatened to set the city of Suez on fire for banning them from attending the first trial hearing of the city's security director and other officers who are charged with killing (...)
The Supreme State Security Court on Monday ordered the release of 16 out of 25 people detained pending investigation in the “Zeitoun” terrorist cell case.
The stated reason for the release is that the maximum period for detention for those under (...)
Former parliament speaker Fathi Sorour has been detained for 15 days pending investigation. He is charged with abusing his power for personal profit, which he denies.
Investigations revealed that Sorour owned real estate in Cairo and other (...)
Firefighters on Tuesday succeeded in extinguishing the blaze that erupted at 5 PM in the communications department on the top floor of the Interior Ministry building, creating a huge cloud of smoke over downtown Cairo.
They are currently evaluating (...)