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Egypt Court Adjourns Red Sea Islands Appeal Case

June 26, 2016
Photo: Daily News Egypt

Egypt’s Administrative Court adjourned on Sunday the session for the appeal against the annulment of the Red Sea islands to July 3 after a request from the annulment’s supporters to replace the judge. The Court had ruled last week that the agreement transferring the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia was void, with Judge Yehia El-Dakroury ruling that the islands should remain part of Egyptian territory and that Egyptian sovereignty extends over the islands of Tiran and Sanafir. The Egyptian government immediately appealed the annulment decision, causing some Egyptians to voice their anger and saying that the decision to appeal is preposterous. “The Egyptian gov is probably the only gov in history to fight for GIVING land to another country,” wrote Rana Allam, the former Editor-in-Chief of Daily News Egypt, in a public status on Facebook. Protestors inside the State Council on Sunday began chanting slogans such as “Awad sold his land,” a reference to an Egyptian song about a farmer who sold his land, and “Bread, freedom, these islands are Egyptian,” which is a play on one of the most popular chants from Egypt’s January 25, 2011 revolution. Egypt’s government stirred…


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