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Recent amendments to the criminal law regarding pre-trial detention are \u201cdisappointing,\u201d<\/strong> Tarek Abdel Aal writes for Al Shorouk<\/a>. The amendments extended the maximum time for pre-trial detention indefinitely, sidelining the principle that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty, he argues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recent amendments to the criminal law regarding pre-trial detention are \u201cdisappointing,\u201d Tarek Abdel Aal writes for Al Shorouk. The amendments extended the maximum time for pre-trial detention indefinitely, sidelining the principle that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty, he argues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9411],"tags":[72,9410],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-631231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-deadline","tag-enterpriseam","tag-on-deadline","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"0679d78b-59ec-40b4-8b2d-31f4564bef66","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[631203],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nAmendments to provisions on pre-trial detention are \u201cdisappointing\u201d - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/03\/13\/amendments-to-provisions-on-pre-trial-detention-are-disappointing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amendments to provisions on pre-trial detention are \u201cdisappointing\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recent amendments to the criminal law regarding pre-trial detention are \u201cdisappointing,\u201d Tarek Abdel Aal writes for Al Shorouk. 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