CAIRO: Early indications, as the counting continues in Egypt's first elections after the revolution, are for a strong showing by the Muslim Brotherhood-backed Freedom and Justice Party. Also doing well are the Salafi (conservative Islamic) Nur (...)
CAIRO: The Free Egyptians Party, the largest party in the Egyptian Bloc electoral alliance, released a statement on Tuesday evening condemning claims that it relied on religious feelings and the support of the Coptic church in its electoral (...)
CAIRO: Various Western government have expressed support for the Egyptian elections, seeing them as an important step towards democracy and civilian rule.
In a statement issued on Sunday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said:
“I (...)
CAIRO: As of 1:30 PM, a number of political parties have expressed varying degrees of concern about the conduct of the elections so far on Monday.
Hala Mustapha, the press coordinator for the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, one of the main (...)
CAIRO: What do Egypt's secular forces hope for in the forthcoming period? Not secularism, one might be forgiven for thinking, judging from their programs and the speeches of candidates and activists. There is no shortage of politicians and parties (...)
The British foreign secretary William Hague on Wednesday expressed his concern about “unacceptable violence” in Egypt, calling for an immediate end to the use of live fire and tear gas against demonstrators.
In an official statement released by (...)
CAIRO: At a press conference on Thursday, Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) strongly defended its record in dealing with protests and its steps to ensure a transition to civilian rule. General Hamdy Shahin affirmed that the (...)
CAIRO: Downtown Cairo on Tuesday afternoon presented two very different faces. In Tahrir Square, large crowds gathered in an atmosphere that combined anger at the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces with good humour and the commercial spirit (...)
CAIRO: The huge banners on Midan Tahrir proclaimed this the ‘Friday of the one demand' – the transfer of power to civilians. Numerous posters called for election of a civilian president by the end of April 2012. Most demonstrators who spoke to (...)
CAIRO: After eight months of protests and violent repression, international pressure is building on the regime of Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad. The recent Arab League decision to suspend Syria from membership was seen as a major political blow (...)
CAIRO: The No Military Trials group yesterday stepped up the momentum in its campaign, presenting family members of military detainees at a conference chaired by Mohammad Abd Al-Qaddous of the Journalists' Syndicate. Ahmad Darrag of the National (...)
CAIRO: Syrians protesting outside the Arab League building in Cairo were far from content with the decision. The reaction in the Egyptian capital after Syria was suspended from the regional body was positive, but remained on edge throughout the (...)
CAIRO: A holiday would not keep Egyptian activists from attacking the ruling military council. Some 100 activists on Monday took part in a march against military trials in Downtown. The demonstrators set off from Talaat Harb Square and marched via (...)
CAIRO: Novelist Alaa al-Aswani on Thursday joined a number of human rights activists and relatives of the October 9 Maspero attack victims in launching a call on civilians to refuse to appear before the military prosecutor.
The call by the No (...)
CAIRO: Human rights activist Aida Seif al-Dowla said on Tuesday that Egypt's ministry of the interior bears full responsibility for the death in unclear circumstances of Essam Atta at Qasr el-Aini hospital last Thursday.
Speaking at a press (...)