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2015

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  20.04.2015 Egypt: Absurd trial to begin in Cairo

  16 fans of Zamalek fans are charged with murder over stampede that led to their colleagues being killed. Meanwhile all evidence suggests the panic outbreak was caused directly by extremely poor crowd management.

2013

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  09.03.2013 Cairo: Death sentences sustained for Port Said massacre

  21 hooligans are to be hanged, 5 will serve life sentences. Two high officers of the police are to be imprisoned for 15 years. These are just some decisions confirmed today in Cairo, Reuters reports.

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  26.01.2013 Egypt: Death sentences in court, death in the streets

  Shocking news from Egypt, where 21 people accused of causing last year’s slaughter at Port Said Stadium have been sentenced to death. As the verdict was announced, families of the victims cheered, but in the streets of Port Said people started dying in clashes with police and military.

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  19.01.2013 Egypt: Thousands demand justice for 74 victims from Port Said

  From several hundreds to a few thousand people – depending on source this is how many people gathered in Cairo to demand justice in a trial that has heated Egypt for the last year. 74 people killed at Port Said Stadium still need to have justice, claim those gathered.