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Morsi ally sentenced for hiding wanted Muslim Brotherhood official
The Giza Misdemeanour Court on Sunday sentenced Mohammed Morsi's former manpower minister Khaled al-Azhari to two years in prison for hiding a wanted Muslim Brotherhood official. Al-Azhari served as deputy chairman of the parliamentary Manpower Co (More) |
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Egypt court sentences two Morsi supporters to death
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced two supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to death for murder. The charges stem from violence in Alexandria just after Morsi was ousted. Specifically, the two were c (More) |
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Rights group releases annual report on global executions
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday released their annual report on death sentences and executions throughout the globe. The rights organization recorded that executions took place in 22 countries in 2013, an increase by one from 2012. Neither (More) |
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UN: Egypt mass trial of 529 Morsi supporters illegal
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed acute concern after an Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 529 supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to death for incit (More) |
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Egypt to rule on mass trial of Morsi supporters
An Egyptian court on Tuesday stated that on April 28 it will rule on the mass trial of 683 alleged supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] charged with murder, incitement of violence and sabotage. The trial, (More) |
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Egypt court sentences 529 Morsi supporters to death
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 529 supporters of deposed president Mohammed Morsi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to death on charges of killing and attacking policemen in one of the largest mass trials to be held in the country in decades (More) |
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Egypt court releases blogger on bail
A Cairo court on Sunday ordered the release on bail of blogger and activist, Alaa Abdel Fattah, who was imprisoned by Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in October 2011 for violating Egypt's controversial protest law and refusing to (More) |
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Egypt court sentences police officers for deaths of 37 Islamists
A court in Cairo on Tusday sentenced four police officers convicted of negligence and manslaughter for their roles in connection with the deaths of 37 Islamist detainees who reportedly died of asphyxiation when a tear gas grenade was fired into the (More) |
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Morsi's son referred to trial for drug possession
Egyptian prosecutor Moumin Salman on Monday referred Abdullah Morsi, youngest son of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, to trial on allegations of drug use and possession. Officers say that two rolled hashish cigarettes were found in the car of the un (More) |
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UN rights expert urges refusal of goods from countries engaging in torture
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez on Wednesday urged governmental bodies to refuse goods and information obtained by "acts of torture and ill-treatment" in other countries. Mendez noted the hypocrisy of governments that condemn tort (More) |
Sir Thomas More beheaded for treason
On July 6, 1535, former Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More was beheaded in London after being convicted of treason against King Henry VIII.
More had not supported the King's policy toward the church or his marriage to Anne Boleyn, had refused to swear to the Act of Succession, and had similarly declined to take the Oath of Supremacy. His last words before execution are said to have been "The King's good servant, but God's first."
