2021-04-20 12:30:41 GMT2021-04-20 20:30:41(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CAIRO, April 20 (Xinhua) Egypt has released on Tuesday 1,686 prisoners on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The decision was made based on a previous presidential decree to pardon a large number of prisoners who have met the required conditions on release, according to the statement.
Usually, the president issues a decree for pardoning prisoners on public holidays and feasts, including two religious Muslim feasts, the holy month of Ramadan, and the July 23 Revolution anniversary.
According to the constitution, the president has the right to pardon convicted prisoners in certain crimes except for arms trafficking, terrorism, revenge killing and trading in heroin. Enditem
Amnesty launches campaign to release detained activists in Egypt
Egyptian security forces stand outside of a prison in Egypt on 4 April 2015 [Mohammed Bendari/Apaimages] January 28, 2021 at 11:40 am
Amnesty International yesterday launched an online campaign to demand the immediate release of activists and human rights defenders who have been arbitrarily arrested in Egypt.
The campaign marks the 10th anniversary of the January 25 Revolution in Egypt, which toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. Ten years after the Jan. 25 Revolution in Egypt, activists and human rights defenders are still arbitrarily held in prisons, the London- based rights watchdog said on Twitter. We will share the names of these activists and human rights defenders in Egypt for a week. Tell Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi that you are in solidarity with the prisoners, it added.
2021-01-26 15:05:55 GMT2021-01-26 23:05:55(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CAIRO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) Egypt freed on Tuesday 3,022 prisoners upon a presidential pardon, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Among the released prisoners, 118 were released conditionally, it said. The decision was made to mark Egypt s 69th annual Police Day, which fell on Monday.
The Egyptian president, based on the country s constitution, can issue pardon decrees for prisoners who had received final unappealable court rulings.
The Egyptian president usually issues a pardon decree on public holidays, including two religious Muslim festivals, the holy month of Ramadan, and the July 23 Revolution Day. Enditem
Egypt: interior ministry transfers suspect in Italian student s murder January 15, 2021 at 10:40 am | Published in: Africa, Egypt, Europe & Russia, Italy, News
Candlelight procession for Italian student Giulio Regeni who was murdered in Egypt, 3 July 2020 [Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu Agency] January 15, 2021 at 10:40 am
The Egyptian Interior Ministry transferred one of the four main suspects in the murder of Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni to a new position on Tuesday,
Anadolu has reported. Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfiq approved the reshuffle of security officers which included the transfer of the head of the National Security Agency, Major General Tariq Saber, who is now the Minister s Assistant for Civil Status.
Egypt cracks financial links between Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas
Egypt cracks financial links between Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas
Initial details begin to emerge from the investigation of Brotherhood acting general guide Mahmoud Ezzat, who was arrested in Cairo in August.
By Yoni Ben-Menachem
Egyptian security forces arrested Mahmoud Ezzat, the acting guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the head of its military wing, in August 2020. Source: Egyptian press.
(December 31, 2020 / JCPA) In August 2020, after an intense seven-year manhunt, the Egyptian security services achieved an important milestone in the country’s war on radical Islamic terrorism: the arrest of Mahmoud Ezzat, the acting general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and head of its military wing, responsible for a series of attacks in the country. Ezzat led the movement from his hideout after Muhammad Badie, the movement’s general guide, was arrested and imprisoned in 2013. Ezzat was sentenced in