Hesham Geneina
Egypt’s Military Court upholds prison sentence against former top auditor
Egypt
March 3, 2019
Egypt’s Military Court upholds prison sentence against former top auditor
Egypt’s Military Court of Appeals on Sunday upheld an earlier ruling sentencing former top auditor of the Accountability State Authority…
Egypt bans TV Interview with anti-corruption critic
Egypt
October 31, 2016
Egypt bans TV Interview with anti-corruption critic
A rare TV interview with Egypt's former chief auditor, who went on trial after publicly alleging massive government corruption, has…
Court sets date to review Geneina’s appeal against prison sentence
Egypt
July 31, 2016
Court sets date to review Geneina’s appeal against prison sentence
On Sunday, New Cairo Misdemeanor Court of Appeals set September 8 as the date to review an appeal filed by the…
Politicians show different reactions to Geneina’s dismissal
Egypt
March 30, 2016
Politicians show different reactions to Geneina’s dismissal
Political parties and MPs have reacted differently to the presidential decision to dismiss Hesham Geneina from his position as chief…
Egypt’s Sisi sacks top auditor who alleged mass state corruption
Egypt
March 29, 2016
Egypt’s Sisi sacks top auditor who alleged mass state corruption
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday sacked Egypt's top auditor who had stirred controversy by publicly concluding that government corruption…
MPs vote against postponing panel on govt corruption
Egypt
February 7, 2016
MPs vote against postponing panel on govt corruption
The House of Representatives has voted with a 54 percent majority against a proposal to postpone the formation of a…
Resignation by a judge decrying justice minister’s antagonism rejected
Egypt
February 1, 2016
Resignation by a judge decrying justice minister’s antagonism rejected
The Justice Ministry on Sunday turned down a resignation tendered by a judge who said Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zend had…
Egypt’s auditor to be questioned on judiciary insult January 31
Egypt
January 26, 2016
Egypt’s auditor to be questioned on judiciary insult January 31
Central Auditing Organization chief Hesham Geneina will be interrogated on January 31 by a judge assigned by the Cairo Appeals…
Parliament approves decree empowering presidency to remove watchdogs amid Geneina controversy
Egypt
January 18, 2016
Parliament approves decree empowering presidency to remove watchdogs amid Geneina controversy
The House of Representatives approved a 2015 presidential decree on Sunday, which gives the presidency the authority to remove quasi-independent corruption…