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Egypt Detains 2 Israelis For Assaulting 3 Hotel Workers In Taba: Report
The Egyptian prosecution office has ordered the detention of two Israeli citizens for assaulting three hotel workers in the Red Sea town of Taba, near the border with Israel, Egyptian security sources said on Sunday.
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Egyptian Businessman Gets Life In Jail For Protests Against President
An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Spain-based critic of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to life in prison over calls for anti-government protests, state media reported.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences 10 Egyptians For 18 Years Over 1973 Arab-Israeli War
A Saudi judge on Monday sentenced 10 Egyptian men for up to 18 years for having tried to organise a remembrance event for the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, two relatives told AFP.
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Egypt Student Sentenced To 4 Years In Jail For "Spreading False News"
An Egyptian court Tuesday convicted a university student to four years in prison for "spreading false news", rights groups said, in a sentence Amnesty International labelled "outrageous".
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Egypt Frees Journalist After 4 Years In Prison
Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist for Qatar's Al Jazeera, arrived at his home in greater Cairo Saturday after four years in an Egyptian jail, an AFP journalist reported, amid thawing relations between the countries.
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Egypt Jails 5 Women Over TikTok Video That Violated "Society Values"
An Egyptian court Monday sentenced five female social media influencers to two years in jail on charges of violating public morals, a judicial source said.
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Facebook Urged to Do More to Stop LGBT+ Hate Speech in Arab Countries
LGBT+ rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag.
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Egypt Jails US Traveller, Saying She Criticised The Government On Facebook
When Reem Mohamed Desouky arrived from Washington last month with her 13-year-old son, Egyptian authorities detained them at the airport, she said. They confiscated their phones and interrogated Desouky, holding the two for hours.
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Trump Proud Of Freeing US Citizens Abroad. But An American In Russia...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that if Whelan's detention is found not appropriate, "we will demand his immediate return." A State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to department guidelines, said that U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman had visited Whelan on Jan. 2 at a detention facility in Moscow. But T...
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25-Year-Old Woman Jailed For 3 Years In Egypt For "Harassing" Monkey
An Egyptian court has sentenced a 25-year-old woman to three years in prison for "sexually harassing" a monkey in the country's north, state daily Al-Ahram reported Friday.
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Egyptian Woman Jailed For Facebook Video Saying She Was Sexually Harassed
Egyptian activist Amal Fathy's Facebook video was only 12 minutes long - but that was enough to catch the attention of Egyptian authorities and earn her a two-year jail sentence for "spreading false news."
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Egypt Court Sentences Woman Activist Who Slammed Sexual Harassment
An Egyptian court Saturday handed a two-year suspended jail sentence to a woman human rights activist arrested in May after posting a video criticising sexual harassment in Egypt, her lawyer said.
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Egypt Sentences 75 To Death Over Clashes, Journalist Gets 5 Years
An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld death sentences against 75 people, in one of the largest mass trials since the 2011 uprising, and gave a five-year jail term to an award-winning photojournalist.
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Egypt Sentences Ex-President Mohamed Mursi, 19 Others To Three Years In Jail For Insulting Judiciary
A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him 2 million Egyptian pounds ($112,700) on charges of insulting the judiciary.
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Egypt Jails 14 For Homosexuality
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 14 men convicted of being homosexuals to three years in jail each for "abnormal" sexual relations, a defence lawyer said.
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Egypt Detains 2 Israelis For Assaulting 3 Hotel Workers In Taba: Report
The Egyptian prosecution office has ordered the detention of two Israeli citizens for assaulting three hotel workers in the Red Sea town of Taba, near the border with Israel, Egyptian security sources said on Sunday.
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Egyptian Businessman Gets Life In Jail For Protests Against President
An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Spain-based critic of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to life in prison over calls for anti-government protests, state media reported.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences 10 Egyptians For 18 Years Over 1973 Arab-Israeli War
A Saudi judge on Monday sentenced 10 Egyptian men for up to 18 years for having tried to organise a remembrance event for the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, two relatives told AFP.
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Egypt Student Sentenced To 4 Years In Jail For "Spreading False News"
An Egyptian court Tuesday convicted a university student to four years in prison for "spreading false news", rights groups said, in a sentence Amnesty International labelled "outrageous".
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Egypt Frees Journalist After 4 Years In Prison
Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist for Qatar's Al Jazeera, arrived at his home in greater Cairo Saturday after four years in an Egyptian jail, an AFP journalist reported, amid thawing relations between the countries.
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Egypt Jails 5 Women Over TikTok Video That Violated "Society Values"
An Egyptian court Monday sentenced five female social media influencers to two years in jail on charges of violating public morals, a judicial source said.
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Facebook Urged to Do More to Stop LGBT+ Hate Speech in Arab Countries
LGBT+ rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag.
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Egypt Jails US Traveller, Saying She Criticised The Government On Facebook
When Reem Mohamed Desouky arrived from Washington last month with her 13-year-old son, Egyptian authorities detained them at the airport, she said. They confiscated their phones and interrogated Desouky, holding the two for hours.
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Trump Proud Of Freeing US Citizens Abroad. But An American In Russia...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that if Whelan's detention is found not appropriate, "we will demand his immediate return." A State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to department guidelines, said that U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman had visited Whelan on Jan. 2 at a detention facility in Moscow. But T...
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25-Year-Old Woman Jailed For 3 Years In Egypt For "Harassing" Monkey
An Egyptian court has sentenced a 25-year-old woman to three years in prison for "sexually harassing" a monkey in the country's north, state daily Al-Ahram reported Friday.
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Egyptian Woman Jailed For Facebook Video Saying She Was Sexually Harassed
Egyptian activist Amal Fathy's Facebook video was only 12 minutes long - but that was enough to catch the attention of Egyptian authorities and earn her a two-year jail sentence for "spreading false news."
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Egypt Court Sentences Woman Activist Who Slammed Sexual Harassment
An Egyptian court Saturday handed a two-year suspended jail sentence to a woman human rights activist arrested in May after posting a video criticising sexual harassment in Egypt, her lawyer said.
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Egypt Sentences 75 To Death Over Clashes, Journalist Gets 5 Years
An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld death sentences against 75 people, in one of the largest mass trials since the 2011 uprising, and gave a five-year jail term to an award-winning photojournalist.
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Egypt Sentences Ex-President Mohamed Mursi, 19 Others To Three Years In Jail For Insulting Judiciary
A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him 2 million Egyptian pounds ($112,700) on charges of insulting the judiciary.
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Egypt Jails 14 For Homosexuality
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 14 men convicted of being homosexuals to three years in jail each for "abnormal" sexual relations, a defence lawyer said.
