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Date of source: Thursday, August 27, 2020
The Minyā Criminal Court announced that it had referred the case of Suʿād Thābit, otherwise known as the “woman of al-Karam,” for a second time to the appeals court of Banī Suwayf , so it can be reviewed by another circuit.
Date of source: Saturday, January 11, 2020
The Minyā Criminal Court sentenced three people, accused of stripping the clothes off a Coptic woman in May of 2016, to ten years in prison. The court sentenced the defendants in absentia, since they did not respond to the court’s attendance notification.
Date of source: Monday, February 10, 2020
The criminal court in al-Minyā decided to delay a judgment to April 16th for the arson case of Coptic homes in the village of al-Karam, the center of Abū Qurqāṣ in al-Minyā. This came after today’s session where Copts from the village provided testimony in court. The Copts in front of the judge...
Date of source: Monday, June 23, 2014
Prosecutor General Hishām Barakāt decided to start the procedures to appeal the Minya Criminal Court ruling issued yesterday in the violence in al- ‘AdawahCity, Minya.
Date of source: Sunday, June 22, 2014
The Minya Criminal Court, headed by Counselor Yūsuf Sabrah, sentenced 183 Muslim Brotherhood members to death, including Supreme Guide Badi’.
Date of source: Thursday, April 21, 2016
On Thursday, Minya Criminal Court, headed by Judge Ṭaha ‘Abd al-Wahhā, adjourned the trial of 21 persons accused of involvement in riots that broke out during a protest in Ābū Qurqāṣ at the Al- ḥaʾ mosque. The trial was adjourned to the 2nd of August. The adjourning came in light of the absence...
Date of source: Thursday, May 1, 2014
On Monday April 28th, the Minya Criminal Court sentenced 683 people to death in a controversial ruling, , including Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Muhammad Badī’, and former speaker of the Peoples Assembly, Saad al-Katātnī, for charges including inciting violence, murdering a police officer, and...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The verdict passed by al-Minya Criminal Court on May 21 convicting 12 Copts and sentencing them to life imprisonment while acquitting eight accused Muslims in the same case, known as the Abū Qurqās sedition case, has caused widespread anger among the Copts. Arab-West Report asked intern Cassie...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Al-Menya Criminal Court resumes the Samallūt train shooter trial on September 13, 2011.
'Āmir 'Ashūr, a police personnel, had randomly got into Samallūt, al-Menya governorate, train and opened fire on the passengers, killing one Copt and injuring six others.
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Date of source: Monday, April 23, 2007
While the court found two brothers, Rāmiz and Bīshūy Na‘īm, innocent of bloody clashes that took place in Minia between two Coptic families, security authorities refused to release them in an effort to force their family to reconcile with the other family involved in the dispute.
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