London-based human rights NGO Amnesty International Tuesday slammed Egyptian authorities for maintaining Mahmoud Hussein in prison for two years without trial and subjecting him to torture. Mahmoud Hussein was 18 when he was arrested in 2013 for wearing a “Nation Without Torture” t-shirt and a scarf with the logo of “25 January Revolution.” He has […]
The Egyptian parliament Sunday convened for a two-day session to review the controversial 2016 agreement regarding the handing over of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia, despite a ruling in January by the High Administrative Court that said the agreement is unconstitutional and void. The ruling upheld the verdict of a lower […]
Morocco has convicted a Swiss suspect in connection to the Imlil murders, where two Scandinavian tourists were killed in December 2018 in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. The Criminal Chamber in charge of terrorism cases at Salé’s appeal court sentenced the Swiss national, named according to press reports Nicholas P., to 10 years in prison for links […]
