Egyptian Public Prosecution

Egypt’s Attorney-General refers two people to criminal trial for charges of establishing, operating live sports broadcast piracy network

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 - 05:03 GMT

Egypt’s Attorney-General has ordered the referral of two defendants to criminal trial on charges of establishing and managing a transnational criminal organization specializing in the piracy of live sports broadcasts and violations of copyrights through a network of websites, most notably the StreamEast and CrackStreams platforms.

Public Prosecution orders specialized committees to inspect Ramses exchange building after massive fire

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 - 12:06 GMT

The prosecution ordered the formation of a tripartite engineering committee to assess the condition of the buildings, ensuring measures are taken to protect lives and property.

Truck driver arrested after crash in Egypt’s Menoufia kills 19; Families to receive LE 500,000 each

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 - 03:45 GMT

The tragedy unfolded at the Regional Ring Road in Ashmun city on Friday and has deeply affected the public with most of the victims aged between 14 and 23 years. The deceased included 18 young women and the microbus driver, who lost their lives while en route to work.

Egypt’s state security prosecution releases 55 pretrial detainees

Sun, 11 May 2025 - 01:07 GMT

Since the launch of the National Dialogue –a platform gathering various political powers and community segments to discuss key political, social and economic reforms with decision makers— the Egyptian prosecution has released hundreds of pretrial detainees.

Egypt's criminal court removes 716 individuals from terrorism lists

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 - 02:00 GMT

The prosecution says efforts are ongoing to review the statuses of other individuals who remain on the lists, with the intention of removing the names of those confirmed to have ceased their illegal activities

Egypt’s Senate approves MP Ahmed Diab’s immunity lift request in footballer Ahmed Refaat’s case probe

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 - 01:37 GMT

The purpose is to allow him to participate in the investigations being conducted by the Public Prosecution regarding the case of late Modern Sport FC player Ahmed Rafaat, who passed away last July.

Driver detained over bus rollover in Egypt’s northeast that killed 12 students, injured 29

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 - 02:04 GMT

The Public Prosecution has ordered a four-day detention pending investigation for a bus driver carrying students from Galala University, which overturned in Egypt’s northeast this week, claiming the lives of 12 students and injuring 29 others

Egypt's top prosecutor: Drivers grossly exceeding speed limits to face criminal trials

Sat, 11 May 2024 - 08:33 GMT

Egypt's Public Prosecutor Mohamed Shawki has issued an order stating that individuals who exceed the legal speed limit by a substantial margin will be referred to criminal trial for endangering lives.

Defendant accused of sexually assaulting, killing Sudanese baby in Cairo to face urgent trial on Tuesday

Fri, 03 May 2024 - 11:16 GMT

A male defendant accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and murdering a 10-month-old Sudanese girl named Janette in Cairo's Nasr City will face an urgent trial on Tuesday, May 7.

Egypt's prosecution detains social solidarity ministry officials on charges of facilitating misappropriation of public funds

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 10:37 GMT

Egypt’s Public Prosecution has ordered the detention of several officials from the Ministry of Social Solidarity on charges of forgery, bribery, and facilitating the misappropriation of public funds.

Youtuber detained for spreading fake news on Arish University student's death: Prosecution

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 07:45 GMT

The Public Prosecution has ordered the detention of a youtuber for investigation after allegedly sharing false information regarding the death of Arish University student Nayera Salah.

18 EgyptAir employees detained for trading company funds in parallel market

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 - 02:41 GMT

Egypt's Public Prosecution has detained 18 individuals responsible for EgyptAir's treasury on allegations of illegally trading nearly $1 million of the company's funds in the parallel market.

Egypt's Prosecution refers senior customs official and six others to trial for bribery

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 - 02:40 GMT

The Public Prosecution has referred the general director of customs affairs and deposits at the Egyptian Customs Authority, along with six others, to trial on charges of bribery, as reported by the state news agency MENA on Wednesday.

Prosecution detains man accused of killing wife, daughter and stabbing 4 of his children in Egypt’s Giza

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 - 08:16 GMT

The Public Prosecution ordered the detention of a man for four days pending investigation on accusations of deliberately killing his wife and daughter and attempting to kill his four other children.

Egyptian Journalists Syndicate’s head calls for release of reporters detained pretrial as his term ends

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 - 10:10 GMT

In a Facebook post, Rashwan called for the prosecution to release the journalist, who are members of the syndicate, under any guarantee.

Photos: Egyptian authorities release new group of 30 pretrial detainees

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 - 11:04 GMT

Tarek El-Khouly, a member of the Presidential Pardon Committee, published photos on his social media pages for the release of the new batch,

No crime in death of Jordanian actor in Egypt: Prosecution

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 - 11:37 GMT

In a statement on Tuesday, the prosecution said it found no signs of violence in the apartment where Telfah resided in Giza governorate.

Egypt’s Zagazig court sentences murderer of university student Salma Bahgat to death

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 - 02:42 GMT

Egyptian Public Prosecution referred in August Mohamed to the criminal trial over killing his female colleague after he was charged with premeditated murder.

Prosecution interrogates man who strangled fiancée to death in Egypt’s Port Said

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 - 05:08 GMT

One of Sayed’s neighbors saw the suspect while entering the victim’s house through the window, the prosecution said in a statement.

Egypt’s prosecution detains 7 people in Helwan pharmacist death case

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 - 03:16 GMT

Prosecutor General Hamada El Sawy on Wednesday detained seven persons accused of locking up, intimidating, and torturing a pharmacist, who then fell from the balcony of his apartment in northern Egypt’s Helwan governorate.

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