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A correspondent in Sinai

Sep 20, 2019

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a summit between Arab league and European Union member states, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC183986B160 — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a summit between Arab League and European Union member states, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Feb. 24, 2019. — REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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A view of the High Court of Justice in Cairo, Egypt, January 21, 2016. Egypt's highest appeals court adjourned the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak until April on charges over the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RTX23D41

Is Sisi undermining independence of Egypt's judiciary?

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics

A view of the High Court of Justice in Cairo, Egypt, January 21, 2016. Egypt's highest appeals court adjourned the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak until April on charges over the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RTX23D41

Egypt’s judiciary takes bold step in showdown with Sisi

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics

An Egyptian policeman stands guard outside the Supreme Constitutional Court in Cairo on February 25, 2015 during a court session to determine if the House of Representatives parliamentary election law is constitutional. Egypt's Constitutional Court said it will rule on March 1 whether the country's election law is constitutional, a verdict that could alter the schedule of the upcoming parliamentary polls. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Egypt's parliament, judiciary face off against each other

Sayed Elhadidi

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is received on his arrival at the Bole International Airport ahead of the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTSXXIN

Sisi now controls Egypt's top courts

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics