The Egyptian State Council reversed the Minister of Justice's decision to grant judicial police powers to the Actors' Union and the Musicians' Union, and referred the case to the Supreme Constitutional Court to determine the constitutionality of the last paragraph of Article 23 of the Criminal Procedure Code, as well as Article 5, which joins the Artists', Filmmakers', and Musicians' unions together in the eyes of the law.
State Council reverses Minister of Justice's Decision to Grant Judiciary Police Power to Art Unions
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30 April 2016, Egypt
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The Minister of Culture meets the Chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives to discuss the promotion of cultural rights within the framework of the National Strategy for Human Rights
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