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Egypt frees Rania Youssef after provocative dress case
Culture
December 7, 2018
Egypt frees Rania Youssef after provocative dress case
Cairo appeals prosecutors on Thursday ordered the release of actress Rania Youssef on bail, after a four-hour interrogation session…
Woman at centre of Pakistani blasphemy row leaves jail
Middle East
November 8, 2018
Woman at centre of Pakistani blasphemy row leaves jail
A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy has been freed from jail after…
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary released from UK prison
World
October 19, 2018
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary released from UK prison
LONDON (AP) — Anjem Choudary, a radical preacher convicted of inviting support for the Islamic State group, has been…
543 prisoners pardoned for Eid al-Adha
Egypt
September 5, 2018
543 prisoners pardoned for Eid al-Adha
On the occasion of Eid-al-Adha, the prisons sector of Egypt’s Interior Ministry has announced the pardon of 543 prisoners,…
Pilot of crashed air baloon in Luxor released on bail
Egypt
March 21, 2018
Pilot of crashed air baloon in Luxor released on bail
Luxor public prosecutors released on Wednesday the pilot of the hot air balloon that crashed in January in Luxor along…
Two suspected of organizing concert for homosexuals released
Egypt
February 13, 2018
Two suspected of organizing concert for homosexuals released
On Monday, the prosecutor of Imbaba and Kerdasa in Giza ordered the release of a security guard and a student…
Nubians detained over illegal protest released
Egypt
November 15, 2017
Nubians detained over illegal protest released
The Misdemeanors State Security Court in Aswan released on Wednesday all detained Nubian activists over an unauthorized protest they staged in September,…
493 prisoners pardoned on July 23 revolution anniversary
Egypt
July 23, 2017
493 prisoners pardoned on July 23 revolution anniversary
The Ministry of the Interior’s Prisons Sector released 493 prison inmates on Sunday as part of Presidential Decree No. 280/2017,…
Update: 1,011 inmates released on Eid al-Fitr occasion
Egypt
June 25, 2017
Update: 1,011 inmates released on Eid al-Fitr occasion
The Ministry of the Interior’s Prison Sector pardoned and released 1,011 inmates on Sunday on Eid al-Fitr occasion in accordance…
UPDATE: Mubarak returns to his home in Heliopolis
Egypt
March 14, 2017
UPDATE: Mubarak returns to his home in Heliopolis
Former president Hosni Mubarak returned to his home in Heliopolis on Monday, after Attorney General Nabil Sadeq approved a prosecutor's…