A number of political and youth movements have called on Egyptian citizens to take part in a Thursday vigil to commemorate what has become known as the 'Battle of the Camel.' Protesters were killed during the skirmish, which took place on 2 (...)
Presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei on Thursday renewed his criticism of the way the ruling military council is managing the transition period.
“We won't allow the military council to rule from behind the curtain,” he said, adding that Egypt (...)
Egypt might face bankruptcy within six months, Egyptian reform advocate and presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei warned on Monday.
During a meeting with labor leaders at the Center for Trade Unions and Workers Services (CTUWS) in Helwan, south of (...)
Syrian opposition figures plan to visit Egypt next month to meet with Egyptian political players and Al-Azhar leaders, members of the Syrian community in Egypt announced Sunday.
The visit, organized by the Syrian Community Assembly, would start on 8 (...)
Over 130,000 activists on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter participated in an hour-long “electronic protest” against military trials for civilians, launched by a group of activists and members of the 6 April Youth Movement.
The online (...)
A group of political activists on social networking site Facebook called on Thursday for an hour-long “electronic protest” against military trials for civilians. The proposed online protest is to begin at 10 am on Saturday
More than 3000 Facebook (...)
Activists on the "Second Friday of Anger " Facebook page called for a massive protest in Tahrir Square next Friday 12 August to denounce military assaults on protesters.
Military forces and Central Security forcibly cleared Tahrir Square on 1 (...)
The April 6 Youth Movement repudiated the 69th statement of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), which accused the movement of driving a wedge between people and the armed forces.
The entity responsible for driving a wedge between the people (...)
Presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei renewed calls on Tuesday to grant the prime minister's cabinet full powers.
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf announced he would reshuffle his cabinet after protesters demanded faster reforms. The new ministers are (...)
Presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei held a meeting late Sunday with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party at the invitation of Brotherhood leaders.
ElBaradei's campaign office said the visit is one in a series of meetings (...)
Following an invitation from the Revolution Youth Coalition, a number of presidential hopefuls and representatives of the various political movements held a meeting at the Journalists Syndicate on Wednesday with the goal of unifying their (...)
The Wafd, Tagammu, and Nasserist parties along with 25 January Revolutionary Youth Union announced they will participate in the 8 July protest in Tahrir Square to demand that a new constitution be drafted before parliamentary elections.
Nabil Zaky, (...)
The bill of civil rights that potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei proposed on Wednesday raised controversy among political circles, with some advocating the bill and others criticizing the effort.
“ElBaradei is seeking the support of (...)
Presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei on Thursday announced that he would be offering up his human rights convention for public debate.
In a video posted on YouTube, ElBaradei said the convention is the best way to address national anxiety (...)
Presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei said on Sunday that he was working in collaboration with a number of community forces to prepare a document on human rights for Egypt, laying out the fundamental human rights as they apply to all Egyptian (...)
The Revolution Youth Union and the Wafd, Tagammu, and Nasserist parties participated in a million-person protest to be held in Tahrir Square on Friday, in response to call by a number of Facebook activists to hold “a million-man protest to save the (...)
Mohamed EBaradei, a reformer and potential presidential candidate, called for drafting a new constitution before Egypt's parliamentary and presidential elections.
"In the light of chaos and fragmentation, it is time to take the right path: a new (...)
Some of the youth who participated in the January 25 revolution called for another "Friday of Anger" demonstration on 27 May, in order to push for the fulfillment of the rest of their demands.
"We do not represent any political movement or party, (...)
Activists, jurists and law professors launched an initiative called "Let's Write Our Constitution", which aims to enable a broader segment of the Egyptian people to participate in drafting the new document.
Hundreds of young people will form (...)
Dozens of workers and labor leaders held a press conference on Sunday in Tahrir Square to announce the establishment of the Democratic Labor Party, bearing the slogan “Freedom, Dignity, Social justice”.
Party leader Kamal Khalil said the party's (...)
The Egyptian Communist Party on Sunday announced that it would openly resume its activities and submit documents necessary for registering the party with the Committee for Political Parties' Affairs.
At a news conference in Tahrir Square on Sunday, (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood Shura Council plans to choose the president of its Freedom and Justice Party and approve the final bylaws of the party on Friday.
Sources said the party has 10,000 founding members but will apply for registration with 7000 (...)
The January 25 Revolution Youth Coalition called for a protest on Thursday in front of the Syrian Embassy in Cairo to express solidarity with Syrians.
The coalition released a statement Wednesday that said the protest will deliver a message to (...)
Presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei has asked the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to include an article in the constitution protecting the status of Egypt as a secular state.
He said Egypt must be ruled by institutions and not by (...)
“The Muslim Brotherhood aims to apply Islamic legislation and we don't seek an alternative. If Copts knew their rights in Islam, they would seek the application of Islamic law,” said Sobhi Saleh, a leading Muslim Brotherhood (MB) member in a (...)