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Egypt
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Politics
9/22/2025 3:11:07 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has pardoned British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and five other prisoners on Monday.
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World
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Region
9/13/2025 6:21:59 PM
Washington's special envoy Adam Boehler made a rare visit on Saturday to Kabul, where he said the United States would move forward with a prisoner exchange, according to the Taliban government.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
9/9/2025 1:41:42 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi instructed the relevant authorities on Tuesday to review a petition submitted by the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) requesting a presidential pardon for seven prisoners, including Alaa Abdel-Fattah.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
9/8/2025 9:48:54 PM
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced four men to four years in prison and fined them EGP 300,000 over the Al Wahat Road chase case, in which three young women were harassed and pursued before crashing into a parked truck.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
9/8/2025 6:57:00 PM
Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights has appealed to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to grant pardons to several prisoners, including prominent activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, citing humanitarian concerns and the difficult circumstances faced by their families.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
9/8/2025 10:39:40 AM
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Sunday that the Israeli government has deprived Palestinian detainees of even a minimum subsistence diet and ordered authorities to increase the amount and improve the quality of food served to deprived Palestinian inmates.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
9/7/2025 3:07:40 PM
The United States has presented Hamas with a set of “principles” for a comprehensive agreement to end Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, as the Palestinian group signalled it was open to proposals that would secure a lasting ceasefire, humanitarian access, and a prisoner exchange.
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Sports
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World
9/3/2025 4:01:30 PM
An Espanyol fan who racially abused Athletic Bilbao striker Inaki Williams was sentenced to a year in prison on Wednesday by a Barcelona court.
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/25/2025 2:01:41 PM
A Russian court is expected to outline fresh espionage charges Monday against a French researcher, already serving a three-year sentence, the latest in a string of Westerners to face decades in prison amid the Ukraine offensive.
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/24/2025 5:46:55 PM
Russia and Ukraine each sent back 146 prisoners of war on Sunday, Moscow's defence ministry said, the latest in a series of exchanges that has seen hundreds of POWs released this year.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
8/23/2025 10:49:07 AM
A campaign against TikTokers in Egypt has uncovered violations that may lead to the platform’s ban and prison terms for some creators.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/21/2025 10:35:47 PM
Far-right Israeli Cabinet Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sparked outrage this week with a visit to the prison holding imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/19/2025 2:45:00 PM
The UN's human rights office on Tuesday condemned a far-right Israeli minister for taunting a Palestinian prisoner, Marwan Barghouti, in his cell and sharing the footage online.
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World
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War in Sudan
8/19/2025 10:42:33 AM
As a young man in the mid-1980s, Daud Mahmoud Abdullah left his home in Aweil, South Sudan, and headed north. It was a time of war. South Sudan was still part of Sudan and was fighting for independence, in a conflict that would claim about 2 million lives.
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/14/2025 3:56:54 PM
Russia and Ukraine exchanged 84 prisoners each on Thursday, both sides said, the latest in a series of swaps that has seen hundreds of POWs released so far this year.
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World
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Africa
8/10/2025 12:56:56 PM
Chad's criminal court on Saturday sentenced Success Masra, the country's former prime minister and opposition leader, to 20 years in prison after convictions on charges including incitement to hatred and revolt and complicity to murder. The charges stemmed from a deadly clash between herders and farmers in May.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/3/2025 10:12:59 PM
Thousands of Palestinians protested in the occupied West Bank's major cities Sunday against Israel's war on Gaza and in support of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/29/2025 2:30:48 PM
Russian glide bombs and ballistic missiles struck a Ukrainian prison and a medical facility overnight as Russia's relentless strikes on civilian areas killed at least 22 people across the country, officials said Tuesday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to soon punish Russia with sanctions and tariffs unless it stops.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/25/2025 10:27:13 PM
Egypt's Foreign Ministry reaffirmed on Friday that Cairo and Doha are continuing to mediate efforts to halt the war in Gaza, end humanitarian suffering, protect civilians, and facilitate a captive-prisoner exchange.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
7/23/2025 10:34:16 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday the release of 1,056 prisoners as per a presidential pardon on the 73rd anniversary of the July 1952 Revolution.
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