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Italy judge convicts 23 former CIA agents in rendition trial
November 4, 2009
[JURIST] Judge Oscar Magi of the Fourth Chamber of the Court of Milan [official website, in Italian] on Wednesday convicted 23 former CIA agents for the 2003 kidnapping and rendition [JURIST news archive] of Egyptian terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. The nearly three-year trial, which was d....... [more] 
Rights group suing UK over rendition of suspected terrorist
July 28, 2009
[JURIST] Human rights group Reprieve [advocacy website] announced Tuesday that it is suing the British government [filing letter, PDF; press release] over the rendition of Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni [advocacy profile] from Indonesia to Egypt, where it says he was tortured. The group alleges that the....... [more]
Egypt to try 26 Hezbollah-linked terror suspects in special state security court
July 26, 2009
[JURIST] Twenty-six men suspected both of plotting numerous attacks in Egypt [government website; JURIST news archive] and of having links to Hezbollah [JURIST news archive] were transferred Sunday to an emergency state court that deals specifically with terrorism and state security. Four of the men....... [more]
Egypt court reverses conviction of teacher accused of insulting president
July 19, 2009
[JURIST] The Adawa court of misdemeanors in the Egyptian city of Menya Saturday reversed the conviction [ANHRI press releases] of Mounir Saeed Hannah, a teacher charged with insulting President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak [official website] by authoring an unpublished satirical poem. The Arabic Network fo....... [more]
Egypt court overturns defamation sentence for rights activist
May 26, 2009
[JURIST] An Egyptian court on Monday overturned the conviction of dissident Saad Eddin Ibrahim [professional profile] on charges related to defaming Egypt. Ibrahim, founder of the Ibn Khaldoun Centre for Development Studies [academic website], has been a prominent human rights activist and outspoken....... [more]
Italy CIA rendition trial to continue despite excluded evidence
May 21, 2009
[JURIST] An Italian judge ruled Wednesday that the trial of 26 Americans and seven Italians [JURIST news archive] involving the 2003 abduction of Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr by the CIA will proceed despite excluded evidence. Judge Oscar Magi of the Fourth Chamber of the Court of Milan....... [more]
Egypt joins calls for ICC to delay Bashir warrant
February 22, 2009
[JURIST] Egypt on Sunday called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] to delay issuing an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] for a least a year, in order to allow peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebel....... [more]
Egypt releases jailed opposition politician for medical reasons
February 19, 2009
[JURIST] Egyptian authorities in Cairo released imprisoned political opposition leader Ayman Nour [BBC profile; advocacy website] late Wednesday for medical reasons. Egypt's public prosecutor Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud [EMM profile] unexpectedly announced the release of nine prisoners for medical reasons,....... [more]
Egypt court imprisons opposition leader for illegally entering Gaza
February 11, 2009
[JURIST] An Egyptian military court on Wednesday sentenced an Islamist opposition leader to two years in prison for illegally entering Gaza. Magdy Ahmed Hussein, leader of the Labor Party [party website, in Arabic], was arrested last month on suspicion of crossing into the territory via an illegal t....... [more]
Egypt court eliminates prison sentences of journalists
February 1, 2009
[JURIST] Egypt's Agouza Appeals Court Saturday overturned the prison sentences of four newspaper editors convicted of defaming President Hosni Mubarak [official website] and the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) [party website]. The four men, Ibrahim Eissa, editor of Al Dustour; Adel Hammouda,....... [more]
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