Public Prosecution

Uber driver accused of attempting to kidnap Habiba Al-Shamaa, referred to Criminal Court

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 01:26 GMT

Egypt’s Public Prosecution on Monday referred Uber driver accused of attempting to kidnap Habiba el Shamaa - widely-known as al Shorouk Girl - to the Criminal Court

Egypt’s Prosecution says it will firmly confront any violation of private life, spreading lies

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 11:26 GMT

Egypt’s Public Prosecution affirmed in a statement, Monday that the inviolability of private life is protected by constitution and law and that it will strictly confront any attempts to violate such right including the phenomenon of spreading and circulating news on social media that incite public opinion or spread lies.

Arish University student's body exhumed for post-mortem amid suspicions of foul play

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 08:44 GMT

The body of a 19-year-old student at Arish University, who reportedly took her own life after suffering psychological pressures, was exhumed on Saturday for a post-mortem examination.

Egypt’s new prosecutor-general orders continuing inspection visits to correctional centers

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 - 01:00 GMT

Egypt’s new Prosecutor-General Mohamed Shawki ordered continuing the Public Prosecution’s periodic and surprise inspection visits to correctional centers to check on the implementation of law.

Photos: Prosecution launches probe as 4 killed in building collapse in Cairo’s Hadayek El-Kobba

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 - 01:12 GMT

The Public Prosecution has launched a probe into a building collapse in Cairo’s Hadayek El-Kobba neighborhood, which killed four and injured six others.

Egypt's Public Prosecution refers police officer, 5 civilians to criminal court in Sidi Barani case

Sun, 16 Jul 2023 - 11:08 GMT

The prosecution clarified that it had been informed by Barani Police Department on July 11 that a man got killed while being stopped by a checkpoint.

Death penalty of Nayera Ashraf killer carried out Wednesday

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 - 01:10 GMT

That is almost a year after he had been handed the sentence and months after it had been upheld.

Egypt's prosecution jails 3 people for harassing female tourist downtown Cairo

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 - 11:25 GMT

Egypt's public prosecution on Thursday ordered that three people be held in custody for harassing a foreigner in downtown Cairo.

Spain delivers workshop for Egyptian prosecutors on human trafficking, migrant smuggling

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 - 01:12 GMT

The workshop was delivered at the Criminal Research and Training Institute in Cairo in collaboration of the Prosecutor General Bureau.

2 killed, 1 injured as old building collapses in Egypt’s Alexandria

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 - 10:06 GMT

Two people were killed and one was injured as an old building partially collapsed on Saturday morning in northern Egypt’s Alexandria, state’s news agency MENA reported.

Egypt's Public Prosecution ordered the referral of Menna Shalaby to criminal court over charges of drug possession

Sat, 24 Dec 2022 - 12:41 GMT

Egypt's Public Prosecution ordered the referral of Menna Shalaby to criminal court over charges of drug possession

Egypt inaugurates 2nd annual meeting of Association of Arab Public Prosecutors

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 - 06:50 GMT

Public Prosecutor Hamada al-Sawy inaugurated Wednesday the second annual meeting of the Egypt-chaired Association of Arab Public Prosecutors.

Public Prosecution investigates fire at Minya's Anba Bishoy Church

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 - 11:01 GMT

The Public Prosecution has launched an investigation into a fire which erupted at the Church of Anba Bishoy in Minya, Upper Egypt, Tuesday.

Egypt’s prosecution detains 3 nurses over leaked video of murdered student Nayera Ashraf’s body

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 - 08:50 GMT

The Egyptian Public Prosecution has ordered detaining three nurses for four days pending investigation over filming the body of student Nayera Ashraf, who was brutally murdered in June, and circulating the video on social media.

Egypt’s Public Prosecution says imprisoned activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was not subjected to any kind of physical torture

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 - 09:06 GMT

Egypt’s Public Prosecution said, Thursday that the investigations it conducted regarding the imprisoned activist Alaa Abdel Fattah confirmed that he was no subjected to any kind of physical torture, and that his body doesn’t has any marks of any kind that indicates otherwise.

Mansoura student killer pleads guilty, makes allegations against victim

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 - 01:45 GMT

Mohamed Adel, killer of student Nayera Ashraf, pleaded guilty Sunday before Mansoura Criminal Court, saying "I was fully sane when I committed the crime."

Egypt’s Public Prosecution initiate investigating Talkha, Cairo Tower suicide incidents

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 - 05:19 GMT

Egypt’s Public Prosecution started investigating the two young men incidents who committed suicide in Talkha city, Dakahlia governorate and Cairo Tower on Monday, 20 June.

Egypt’s Public Prosecution ordered the detention of 3 people in al Marg Mosque singing incident

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 - 04:49 GMT

Egypt’s Public Prosecution ordered the detention of three people in the incident of singing and dancing in a mosque in Al Marg district for 4 days, pending investigation.

Cairo Criminal Court sentences defendants in 'Zamalek Apartment Case' to 5 years in prison, LE2M fine

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 - 09:31 GMT

The man and his wife are convicted of artifact trafficking.

Footage denying Alaa Abdel Fatah's hunger strike claims submitted to Egyptian Public Prosecution: sources to ET

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 - 02:03 GMT

Sources told Egypt Today that the Ministry of Interior gave the Public Prosecution footage of the cell of imprisoned activist Alaa Abdel Fatah.

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