Tunisian court sentences Femen activists to 4 months in jailA court in Tunis has sentenced three European feminists to four months and one day in prison for staging a topless protest outside the Tunisian Palace of Justice on May 29.10:11 13.06.2013
Mubarak retrial postponed until July 6The retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak, the main suspect in the death of protesters in Cairo in January 2011, has been postponed until July 6.16:09 10.06.2013
ICC prosecutor urges UN to clamp down on military criminals in DarfurProsecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to take urgent measures to punish those responsible for military crimes against civilians in Darfur, Sudan.12:01 06.06.2013
Egyptian court sentences 43 for illegal NGOs financingAn Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced 43 people, including foreign citizens, in a case concerning the illegal financing of Egyptian NGOs by the US authorities during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.17:52 04.06.2013
British national sentenced to death in Egypt for drug smugglingA court in Egypt has sentenced a British national to death for the alleged attempted to smuggle three metric tons of cannabis (hashish) into the country.09:56 04.06.2013
Libya to appeal ICC admissibility ruling on son of GaddafiLibya plans to appeal a decision rendered Friday by a pre-trial chamber for the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejecting its challenge to the admissibility of the ICC's case against Saif Al Islam Gaddafi, son of slain former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.14:06 03.06.2013
Egyptian interior minister gets two years for disobeying court rulingsA Cairo district court sentenced Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim to two years in prison for disobeying court decisions.10:12 28.05.2013
Cairo court clears former Egyptian housing minister in corruption caseA Cairo court on Monday declared former Housing Minister Ahmed al-Maghrabi, who served in former President Hosni Mubarak's Cabinet, not guilty in a corruption case.18:00 29.04.2013
Former Egyptian finance minister sentenced to 25 years in absentiaAn Egyptian court has sentenced former Finance Minister Yousef Boutros-Ghali to another 25 years in absentia, the court representatives told journalists on Tuesday.18:10 23.04.2013
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to stay in custodyA Cairo court has supported the prosecutor general’s appeal against a lower court decision to release former President Hosni Mubarak, who is accused of corruption.18:50 22.04.2013
Gaddafi's cousin to be tried in EgyptA Cairo court has ruled that a criminal case be opened against Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam, the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's cousin, who is suspected of attempted murder, resisting arrest and illegal possession of weapons.10:39 22.04.2013
Former Egyptian President Mubarak to return to prison hospitalEgypt's Prosecutor General Talaat Ibrahim Abdullah has decided to move Hosni Mubarak from the Maadi Military Hospital back to the Tora prison hospital near Cairo.10:50 18.04.2013
Mubarak cleared of Arab Spring protester deaths – reportEgypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak was cleared Monday on charges of having caused the deaths of protesters during the uprisings that brought about his 2011 ouster.13:41 15.04.2013
Egyptian Supreme Court to rule on elections cancellation on April 21The Supreme Administrative Court of Egypt will rule on the legality of the general parliamentary elections and the referral of the new election law to the Supreme Constitutional Court on April 21.10:33 15.04.2013
Hearing of appeals by Russians imprisoned in Libya put off until MayThe next hearing of the appeal against the verdict handed down to two Russians for allegedly supporting Muammar Gaddafi's forces has been postponed until May, as the Libyan prosecutors require more time to study the case materials.14:31 12.04.2013
Egyptian parliament amends election lawThe Egyptian parliament's upper house on Thursday approved a revised law on parliamentary elections and political rights. The document has now been forwarded to the Supreme Constitutional Court, a parliament source told reporters.11:40 12.04.2013
Former Egyptian prime minister acquitted of embezzlement chargeThe Cairo Criminal Court has acquitted former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik on a charge of embezzling public money when he was civil aviation minister from 2002 to 2012.10:42 08.04.2013
Interpol rejects Egypt's request to arrest former prime ministerInterpol has refused to put former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq on the wanted list, stating that the charges against him could be politically motivated.10:04 04.04.2013
Egypt's former interior minister charged with corruptionEgypt's Illicit Gains Authority has forwarded the case of former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly, suspected of abuse of office and corruption, to the criminal court.11:02 02.04.2013
Egyptian court passes final decision to uphold Mubarak's resignationThe Egyptian High Administrative Court has rejected an appeal filed by several lawyers against former President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in February 2011, thus precluding his return to power.18:21 01.04.2013