The Salafi al-Nour Party affirmed that it would not withdraw any of its candidates from the second phase of the parliamentary elections scheduled to begin Dec. 14.
The party said that it aims to take the majority of the seats to ensure that the (...)
CAIRO: Youm7 has received the list of places where vote sorting is going to be held in Cairo governorate, the sorting will be held after the voting is closed at 9pm.
The head of the Public Electoral Committee in Cairo governorate Judge Sabri (...)
The January 25 Revolution is originally a conflict between a generation of stolen dreams who used the weapon of fear to intimidate the other generations into submission, said political activist Wael Ghoneim.
The other generation lived its entire (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) has asked Egypt's ruling military council and the minister of justice to form an independent judiciary committee to investigate Sunday's deadly Maspiro clashes.
EOHR also asked the military (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) has demanded that Egypt's ruling military council release immediately all students detained during the ‘Friday of Course Correction' demonstrations.
EOHR said the military council should (...)
CAIRO: The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Cairo accused the prominent protest movement April 6 of attacking the embassy on September 9.
The embassy presented a complaint to the general attorney stating the embassy was attacked on September 9 and that (...)
Demonstrations against the regime during the January 25 revolution resulted in the violent assault and murder of prisoners by Police forces, according to a report from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights EIPR.
The report, titled “Martyrs (...)
Military courts today acquitted all defendants standing trial for vandalism and violence during the incidents on June 28 and 29, said the El Nadim Center for Psychological Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture.
The cases were heard in (...)
CAIRO: Amendments to the Law of Treachery proposed by the Council of Ministries make the law more acceptable, but the amendments do not abolish all of the law's defects, according to the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies.
The center said the (...)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked to be allowed to attend the trials of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and former Minister of Interior Habib al-Adly. The trial began on Wednesday. Mubarak's trial was adjourned until August 15, and (...)
The head of Egypt's ruling military council must testify against the country's deposed president if he is to be convicted, according to the president of the Cairo Court of Appeals.
Judge Hisham Ginaina said it is clear that the evidence presented (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf sent a message tonight through his Facebook page to the demonstrators who marched from Tahrir Square to the Ministry of Interior.
“Tahrir's honorable protesters have legitimate demands, and these (...)
Hundreds of Egyptian citizens, many belonging to Nasserist trends, visited the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser's tomb today in commemoration of the July 23, 1952 Revolution.
Among the visitors were Hamdeen Sabbahi, head of al-Karama Party and a (...)
The Arab Foundation for Civil Society and Human Rights (AFCH) has asked Egypt's military and civil leaders to meet the demands of the families of the martyrs of Egypt's January 25 Revolution.
AFCH presented its reports to Field Marshall Hussein (...)
Amnesty International has asked Egyptian authorities to launch an investigation into security forces response to protestors, saying they used excessive violence against the protestors as they shot off tear gas bombs.
Amnesty said in a statement (...)
Author and researcher of Coptic affairs Mamdouh al—Sheikh said the Coptic Orthodox Church won't last in a democratic climate.
In his book "The Autumn of the Popes," al-Sheikh said the Coptic Orthodox Church won't last in a democratic climate and (...)
Gamal Mubarak, Mohamed al-Baradei, Suzanne Mubarak
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Network (ANHRI) announced it is against the lawsuit of wanting to withdraw the Egyptian citizenship from the former Egyptian President's son, Gamal Mubarak, and (...)