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The
State Security Supreme Court decided to postpone the trial of Saad
Eddin Ibrahim to the 19th of the coming month.
Lawyer Abdel Haleem Mandour, who defends the fifth and sixth
defendants and known for being an Islamist, said that
he will not only defend his clients but all the
defendants,...
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The Supreme Court of
State Security
continued the trial of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Ibrahim is accused of receiving funds without having
permission, bribing public officials, undermining the dignity of the state by broadcasting information
having to do
with its interests and deceiving foreign...
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Lawyer Nabeeh al-Wahish introduced a notification against Dr. Nawal al-
Sa’adawi, in which he
accused her of dispising Islām and transgressing moralities. The Muftī, Dr. Nasr
Farid Wasel, said that he would
not comment on al-Wahish’s notification until al-Sa’adawi stands before
the court. If...
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The Washington Post newspaper
published a statement directed from the Copts of Egypt to emigrant Copts. The statement stressed that Copts
in
Egypt are enjoying a good life and that the last three years witnessed the exertion of great efforts, on
the part
of the Egyptian government, to solve...
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Both Pope Shenouda and the Grand Imām declared their rejection
of any foreign intervention
in the internal affairs of Egypt. The former said that he met the American committee to
defend Egypt and to
explain to its members that what the foreign press publishes and what the internet broadcasts...
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Lawyer Mamdouh Nakhla
said
that more than a lawsuit was filed to nullify the list of Tharwat Basili in the elections of the Majlis al-
Milli. The former head of the Patriarchate Media Center denied being one of the opposition. Dr. Mamdouh
Bushra
Wissa asked for judicial supervision over the...
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All the papers that
addressed the issue of the services building of the Church of Shubra al-Khaymah recounted the
whole story of
its destruction, at the hands of the local authorities. Rose al-Youssef published two letters
thanking
President Mubarak for his decision concerning the rebuilding...
Date of source:
Montasser al- Zayyat, the lawyer of the Jamā‘āt al-Islāmīyah was interviewed by al-Midan, Asharq al-Awsat and al-Hayat. In the statements he gave to the three papers he commented on the initiative denouncing violence, the government’s reaction towards it, the differences between the Jamā...
Date of source:
After examining the reasons on which the
court based its ruling in al-Kosheh action, the
Attorney General decided to appeal against it. The Judge,
who gave the ruling in al-Kosheh action, said that the
prosecution had the right to appeal against the
ruling and that he gave the ruling with a...
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The Brotherhood won 16 seats out of the 24 on the Bar
Association’s board.
Ragai Atteya, the government’s candidate, who they declared their support for, lost to the
Nasserist’s
candidate Samah Ashour, who won the Bar Association’s top post. Montasser al-Zayyat, the lawyer of
the
Gama’at al-...