For the second time in two years, the Egyptian people took to the streets, in even bigger numbers than those seen on 25 January 2011, to make its voice heard. Answering the call issued by a vanguard of young people, known as Tamarod, the nation (...)
Egyptian political and social forces have long been pressing for a new NGO law that would be consistent with international criteria for the rights to assembly and to organise, as enshrined in international human rights treaties and conventions. The (...)
A terrible confrontation is brewing between the judges and the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood.
It all started when Mohamed Mahdi Akef, the former Muslim Brotherhood supreme guide, announced plans to amend the (...)
One of the chief motivating forces behind the 25 January Revolution was the outrage against the human rights abuses perpetrated by the Mubarak regime. All Egyptians know this, as does anyone abroad who has observed developments in Egypt. Egypt had (...)
