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Two officers stand trial over charges of detainee murder
Defence pushes for presence of flaws in forensic report, trial postponed to 11 August

Strict prison sentences issued to 6 in attempted murder of judge
A judge survived an assassination attempt back in 2015

Keif Café worker accused of murder referred to court
The prosecution also ordered to the referral of two of the café managers to the Misdemeanor Court, as they are accused of detaining the customers and collecting money from the customers illegally

Regeni’s murder awaits answers on 5 April
Egypt provides full investigations in security delegation visit, Italy demands phone records of Regeni’s friends

UPDATE-Giulio Regeni’s belongings found at criminal gang’s apartment: ministry
Ministry said it killed members who formed gang to kidnap foreigners in Egypt

One-month anniversary of Giulio Regeni’s death commemorated by embassy sit-in
Egyptian authorities reiterate denial of involvement in mysterious disappearance, killing of student

Jordanian authorities arrest suspects in Egyptians’ stabbings
Stabbings occurred due to dispute between two Egyptians and Jordanians last week

Court postpones retrial of 11 defendants accused of murdering Kerdasa police officer
Farrag was killed from a distance of approximately 20 metres with a live round that hit him on the right side of his chest, testified the former Forensics Authority spokesman

Court acquits defendant of murdering Brotherhood member
“Popular checkpoints” were organised by neighbourhood in preparation for anticipated Brotherhood march where murder took place

Port Said ‘prison clashes’ trial postponed to 10 August
Trial postponed to continue reviewing remaining evidence
2 dead, 13 injured in bomb attack on Transport Authority staff
Explosion coincides with assassination of Prosecutor General ahead of 30 June anniversary

An assassination brings insurgency to Cairo
By Amr Khalifa Imagine the Prosecutor General of France in a motorcade near the Place de Montmartre. Now imagine a suicide car bomb intercepting that motorcade and killing him. Today Egypt doesn’t have to imagine. On an otherwise normal sunny Ramadan day, Hisham Barakat, Egypt’s Prosecutor General, was assassinated thereby delivering a burgeoning insurgency’s biggest …

Hisham Talaat Mostafa’s release on medical grounds postponed
Decision postponed to 25 July session pending investigation into validity of medical condition

23 sentenced to 14 years for killing Shi’a cleric
Defendants are charged with killing Shi’a cleric Hassan Shehata and three others

Port Said ‘prison clashes’ trial postponed to continue hearing witnesses
“Masked men” among the groups of families fired gunshots at security forces, says witness

Police officer pleads innocence in Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh’s case
The defendant admitted he was masked person appearing in photos, Al-Haqanya reported
First retrial session in Abu Za’abal officers’ case
The verdict in the case was overturned in June by the Appeals Court
Leftist party denounces police ‘crimes’
Brutal police tactics encourage terrorism and increase polarisation, according to official statement

Egyptians in Libya prefer to stay
Despite escalating turmoil, Egyptians in Libya said they are unwilling to return to Egypt

Security forces responsible for Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh’s death: HRW
Analysis of video footage strongly indicates that a masked riot police officer shot Al-Sabbagh, says watchdog
Egypt forms ‘crisis cell’ for nationals kidnapped in Libya
Kidnappings are latest in string of attacks on Egyptians in restive neighbouring state
‘Helwan Brigades’ member arrested
The accused had allegedly disguised himself as a woman to blow up a police station

Democratic Current launches campaign to retry Mubarak
Alliance condemns use of violence against anti-Mubarak protesters

Police assault, detain journalists covering protests near Tahrir Square
Journalists were covering new protests in Abdel Moneim Riyadh Square, a day after the violent dispersal of demonstrations left two people dead

Mubarak verdict sparks angry reactions
Students vow to protest on campus; parties to sue Mubarak
Morsi’s nephew sentenced to life for attacking fellow student
The nephew of former president Mohamed Morsi was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday for the attempted murder of a fellow student at Zagazig University, state media reported. Mohamed Said, 25, was a law student at the university until May, when he was suspended due to charges in several different court cases. The charges leading …
Egyptian national killed near Tripoli
Violence continues in Libya
Human rights group condemns killing of conscript
CSF conscript was suspected beaten to death last week in North Sinai

Mubarak awaits court ruling, due on 27 September
Mubarak’s interior minister Al-Adly described 25 January as a conspiracy and 30 June, a revolution

Brotherhood leaders’ trial postponed again
The top MB figures, facing trial for violence outside the MB’s headquarters last year, will have to appear in court again later this month