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Morocco: Taxi drivers jailed in 'harsh ruling' after Ceuta surge

Judges in Tetouan found seven taxi drivers guilty 'facilitating the illegal exit of Moroccans and foreigners through unauthorised border points'.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 August, 2026
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Tunisia
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Tunisian anti-racism activist sentenced to eight years in prison

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 March, 2026
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Algeria
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Algeria court upholds Sansal jail term, France hopes for pardon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 July, 2025
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US citizen who joined IS in Syria given 10-year jail sentence

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 June, 2025
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Tunisia opposition figure Issa gets suspended jail sentence

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 December, 2023
Kuwait
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Kuwait's ex-defence minister jailed for seven years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 November, 2023
Lebanon
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Prominent Lebanese journalist Dima Sadek sentenced to prison

The New Arab Staff
11 July, 2023
Egypt
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Egyptian model sentenced to 2 years in jail for 'debauchery'

The New Arab Staff
19 April, 2023
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Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan denied parole for 16th time

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 March, 2023
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Ex-Twitter worker gets US prison term for spying for Saudi Arabia

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 December, 2022
Saudi Arabia
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Saudi who led prayers at Hagia Sophia gets 12-year jail term

The New Arab Staff
15 October, 2022
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Former Algerian coach Madjer handed six month prison term

The New Arab Staff
11 June, 2022
Mohamed El-Amin formerly owned Egypt's popular CBC television network [Getty]
Egypt
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Egypt tycoon jailed for 3 years for assaulting orphan girls

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 May, 2022
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Myanmar
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five years in prison

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 April, 2022
Palestine
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Saudi reduces prison sentence of Hamas envoy to three years

The New Arab Staff
29 December, 2021
Moncef Marzouki was sentenced to a four-year term for "endangering" Tunisia's security [Getty]
Tunisia
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Tunisian ex-president vows to return despite jail sentence

The New Arab Staff
28 December, 2021
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Algerian president accuses RSF of trying to ‘destabilise’ country

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 September, 2020
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Iranian metal band escape country following 15-year prison term

The New Arab Staff
15 August, 2020