Seven jailed for Egypt assaults

An Egyptian court jails seven men after finding them guilty of sexually assaulting and harassing women in Cairo's Tahrir Square last month.

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

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Seven held over Egypt sex assaults

Seven men have been arrested in Egypt on suspicion of sexually assaulting women at Sunday's celebrations for the inauguration of President Sisi.

 

11 years ago

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Sisi vows to end Egypt sex assaults

President Sisi orders a crackdown on sexual assaults amid growing public anger after women were attacked in Cairo during his inauguration.

 

11 years ago

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Egypt activist jailed for 15 years

An Egyptian court sentences prominent pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdul Fattah to 15 years in jail, amid concerns over free speech in the country.

 

10 years ago

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Egypt's Morsi jailed for 20 years

Egypt's former President Mohammed Morsi gets a 20 year jail sentence over the killing of protesters in 2012, the first verdict in several trials he is facing.

 

10 years ago

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Egypt policeman jailed over death

A court in Egypt has sentenced a policeman to 15 years in prison over the killing of activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh at a protest in Cairo in January.

 

9 years ago

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Egypt policemen jailed over deaths

Four Egyptian policemen are convicted at a retrial over the deaths of 37 detainees asphyxiated when tear gas was fired into a van transporting them.

 

11 years ago

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Egypt torture death police jailed

A court in Egypt jails two policemen to 10 years for beating and torturing to death Khaled Said, whose killing helped fuel the 2011 revolution.

 

5 years ago

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06 May

Egypt says jailed filmmaker who mocked Sisi died from alcohol poisoning

Shady Habash, whose video mocked the president, "mistook hand sanitiser for water", prosecutors say.

 

10 years ago

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Libyans sent home after sex assaults

Libyan army cadets, training in the UK, are to return home early after an MP wrote to the MoD calling for the training to end.

 

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