Shaimaa al-Sabbagh
Police officer accused of killing female political activist receives ten-year jail sentence
Egypt
June 19, 2017
Police officer accused of killing female political activist receives ten-year jail sentence
Cairo Criminal Court on Monday issued a ten-year jail sentence to the police officer charged with killing political activist Shaimaa…
Policeman granted retrial on charges of killing activist
Egypt
February 14, 2016
Policeman granted retrial on charges of killing activist
Prosecutors have granted policeman Yassin Hatem a retrial on charges of killing political activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh in January 2015.Hatem was…
Socialists criticize economics, politics in Sisi’s first year
Egypt
June 11, 2015
Socialists criticize economics, politics in Sisi’s first year
Egypt’s Socialists have criticized what they describe as "economic and political failures", as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi concludes his first…
Prosecutors challenge Popular Alliance members’ acquittal in January 25 demonstration
Egypt
May 26, 2015
Prosecutors challenge Popular Alliance members’ acquittal in January 25 demonstration
Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat decided on Tuesday to challenge a court ruling acquitting the leaders and members of the Socialist…
Officer in Shaimaa al-Sabbagh’s case denies charges
Egypt
May 10, 2015
Officer in Shaimaa al-Sabbagh’s case denies charges
In the first session of his trial at the Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday, the police officer accused of killing…
Guardian: Accusations against lawyer reflect ‘absurdity’ of Egyptian law
Egypt
April 9, 2015
Guardian: Accusations against lawyer reflect ‘absurdity’ of Egyptian law
The implication of an accidental witness in the death of activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh in January reflects the absurdity of Egyptian…
58 rights groups denounce charges against witness in activist murder
Egypt
March 28, 2015
58 rights groups denounce charges against witness in activist murder
Fifty-eight human rights groups have slammed accusations of rioting posed against a lawyer who witnessed the murder of a socialist…
A manual for killing protesters
Opinion
March 26, 2015
A manual for killing protesters
Forensic Medicine spokesperson Hisham Abdel Hamid told Al-Watannewspaper that he had said from the beginning that it was the police who…
Rights group slams turning witness in activist’s killing into suspect
Egypt
March 24, 2015
Rights group slams turning witness in activist’s killing into suspect
A human rights organization has slammed judicial procedures that turned a rights lawyer from a witness into a suspect into…
Forensics spokesperson removed from post following remarks on activist death
Egypt
March 24, 2015
Forensics spokesperson removed from post following remarks on activist death
Egypt’s Forensic Medicine Authority (FMA) removed its spokesperson, Hesham Abdel Hamid, from his post on Tuesday, apparently over televised remarks…