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Greek Court Postpones Trial of Turkish Military Officials to Next Thursday

by Abdel Satar Barakat | Jul 19, 2016 | World

Athena – Greek’s Alexandroupolis Court issued a decision yesterday to postpone for next Thursday the trial of the eight Turkish military personnel who had escaped following last week’s attempted coup in Ankara. The delay came after lawyers of the...

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Bahrain to Decide Tuesday on Dissolving al-Wefaq

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jun 27, 2016 | Middle East

Manama-The Bahraini government re-scheduled the September 4 court hearing on dissolving al-Wefaq Society for Tuesday. Represented by the Ministry of Justice, the Bahraini government demanded the implementation of article 23 of Law on Political Associations which...

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Supporters of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak prepare to cut his birthday cake outside the Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, May 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt court bans Mubarak-era figures from elections

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | May 7, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned members of ousted former president Hosni Mubarak’s outlawed National Democratic Party (NDP) from standing for elections. The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters ruled that former NDP members are ineligible to run...

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A protester, who opposes Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, holds up his hands, which are chained together, to symbolise the lack of freedom, as protesters chant slogans during a demonstration against Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood at Tahrir Square in Cairo February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

Judicial Panel Says Brotherhood Have No Legal Status in Egypt

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Mar 22, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—A top Egyptian judicial advisory body has claimed that the ruling Muslim Brotherhood has no legal status in the country. Egypt’s State Commissioners Authority issued a non-binding report to the country’s Supreme Administrative Court recommending...