Activist Leila Seif held a sit-in at the Supreme Judicial Council Wednesday protesting the imprisonment of her son Alaa Abdel Fattah and daughter Sanaa Seif, said the Freedom for the Brave movement.
Abdel Fattah and Seif were arrested for protesting (...)
Amnesty International called on the Egyptian authorities on Saturday to release 22 activists on trial for defying the controversial Protest Law.
"The Egyptian authorities must release a group of activists on trial for defying the country's draconian (...)
Ever since the conference hosted in Cairo on 12 October for the reconstruction of Gaza managed to garner $5.4bn of pledged aid, a looming question has imposed itself: will the strip receive the promised donations given the uncertainty surrounding (...)
Political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah's right to a fair trial has been violated, said a trial observation report by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Networks (EMHRN) on Monday.
The 44-page report is based on the conclusions of human rights lawyers (...)
Students at the British University in Egypt (BUE) will hold mass protests on Sunday in solidarity with expelled colleagues, former BUE Students Union head Ahmed Abou-Zaid told Daily News Egypt.
Abou-Zaid, a final year civil engineering student, was (...)
The current status of activist Ahmed Douma's hunger strike has been marred with contradictory statements. While the official Facebook page of "Freedom for the Brave" quoted Douma's family as saying he temporary suspended his hunger strike after his (...)
Egypt has been garnering the support of United Nations member states to approve its candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council (UNSC). Acquiring that seat will add to Egypt's status and impact regionally. But what are Egypt's (...)
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) criticised the Coptic Church for drafting a new statute for the election of the Coptic Pope and the Patriarch during "closed, non-transparent consultations" in a study published on Sunday.
"In the (...)
Judge Mahmoud Kamel Al-Rashidy adjourned on Saturday the retrial session of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, who is accused of ordering the killing of peaceful protesters during the 25 January Revolution as well as corruption charges.
Mubarak's sons (...)
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Judge Mahmoud Kamel Al-Rashidy adjourned on Saturday the retrial session of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, who is accused of ordering the killing of peaceful protesters during the 25 January (...)
Cairo Criminal Court will decide on Saturday the destiny of long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak, his sons Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, his former interior minister Habib Al-Adly, six of his close aides, and fugitive businessman Hussein Salem.
Mubarak, (...)
After seven leading Muslim Brotherhood leaders announced on 12 September that they would depart their longtime ally, Qatar, diverse scenarios were raised as to the reasons behind the decision, including how it would affect the group, future (...)
Sixteen journalists started a two-day hunger strike Saturday at the Press Syndicate, calling for Protest Law amendments and the release of detainees and prisoners jailed under the controversial legislation.
"We generally call for setting free all (...)
The permit to hold Al-Fan Midan (Art is a Square) festival on Saturday has been restricted for reasons to be announced later, said Mohamed Habib, one of the festival's founders.
"The real reasons will be announced during a press conference tonight," (...)
Youth from Al-Tayar Al-Sha'aby (the Popular Current) led by politician Hamdeen Sabahy has started Sunday collecting signatures in the governorates to establish a political party, said spokesman Emad Hamdy.
"The [movement's] executive bureau decided (...)
Eleven journalists were killed while working in Egypt between 28 January 2011 and 28 March 2014, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said on Saturday.
"Most of those responsible for killing those journalists haven't been brought (...)
CAIRO: The Maspero Youth Union held on Wednesday a silent protest outside St. Mark Cathedral in Abaseya, calling on Pope Shenouda III and other Coptic, religious figures to receive no Christmas greetings during the mass to be held on Friday.
The (...)
CAIRO: A draft law proposing the election of Al-Azhar's Grand Imam instead of his appointment is a positive step towards the independence of the prominent Muslim institution, political groups and analysts say.
On Wednesday, the Islamic Research (...)
CAIRO: The military criminal court adjourned on Tuesday the trial of a conscript accused of conducting a forced virginity test on protester Samira Ibrahim to Jan. 15 to give the defendant's lawyer time to read the case file.
Ahmed Adel Mohamed (...)
CAIRO: Seven presidential hopefuls held their second meeting to coordinate efforts on Thursday, reiterating their decision not to disclose the results of their talks.
Their campaigners denied published news about the results of the first meeting (...)
CAIRO: About 1,500 doctors started Tuesday a full, open strike at 20 public hospitals nationwide until their demands are met, following a three-day partial strike.
"Since Saturday, no health ministry officials attempted to talk to us which made (...)
CAIRO: A number of political forces will hold a silent million-man protest in Tahrir Square dubbed the "Friday of Deafening Silence" to object to the continuation and the recent amendment of the emergency law.
"We call upon Egyptians to show up (...)
CAIRO: The deterioration of state affairs is due to the ill management of the transitional phase characterized by “absence of vision, transparency and honesty in dealing with the people, and hesitancy in decision making,” presidential hopeful (...)
CAIRO: The new amendments to the emergency law announced by the ruling army council are illegal, experts argued Monday. The council said the state of emergency would continue until mid next year.
"Legally, an emergency state can only be applied (...)
CAIRO: The Military police arrested on Sunday 92 new suspects believed to be involved in the recent clashes near the Israeli embassy and the Giza Security Directorate, official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.
Nineteen others were (...)