Nine lawyers in Minya started an open-ended strike against working in front of the province courts, after being handed surprising sentences from Minya Criminal Court on Monday. One of the two lawyers facing retrial was handed a life sentence and the other a three-year prison sentence. Due to the lawyers’ strike against their work in Minya courts, 120 cases were postponed. The Lawyers’ Syndicate will take all legal procedures to appeal the court sentences. The prosecution originally referred 22 lawyers to court for insulting judicial panel members; however, thirteen lawyers were released, while the other nine continued to face prosecution.

Source: Daily News Egypt March 14, 2017 14:26 UTC