CAIRO: Today 14 revolutionary movements called upon the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to open the candidacies for presidential candidates on April 5, 2012 so as to ensure the elections on May 5, 2012.
Any indication of (...)
The policies of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the Egyptian government are adding to political tension in Egypt, according to a join statement released by 22 human rights organizations Monday.
According to the statement, there (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian activist Wael Ghonim, a Google marketing executive based in Dubai, sent a letter to Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling military council.
Ghonim's letter follows:
"I write to you this message after more than (...)
Ahmed Shehata, the young man who removed the Israeli flag from the Israeli embassy said he did what a billion Arab wished they could do. He said removing the Israeli flag from the Israeli embassy in Cairo was the simplest response to what Israel did (...)
The Israeli flag was removed from the Israeli Embassy in Giza early Sunday morning, after a demonstrator scaled the building and replaced it with the Egyptian flag.
Since Friday, large crowds have gathered outside the Israeli embassy demanding (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian Society for the Aid of Children and Human Rights has launched an initiative called ‘Juvenile Delinquency: Between Reality and Expectations.' Funded by the Foundation for the Future of Jordan, the project will provide legal, (...)
The 1982 Turkish constitution, established following a military coup in the 1980s, emphasizes the principle of secularism and the separation of state and religion, according to Ahmed Uysal, general coordinator for the Congress of the Arab-Turksih (...)
The New World Foundation for Development and Human Rights, Reporters Without Borders, the Observatory of Reform and Citizenship and the Network of Human Rights Defenders sent a fact-finding mission to Tahrir Square following the clashes that took (...)
Egyptian Minister of Education, Dr. Ahmed Gamal Moussa, refused to remove the 30 years of Mubarak's rule from the history curriculum for Egyptian schools. He said he is willing to reduce the content of the era, and that his Ministry has commissioned (...)
Amnesty International has launched campaign to put pressure on Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf to increase female involvement in the political process.
The organization called on all citizens of the world to sign a petition to Sharaf asking (...)
CAIRO: Chairman of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Democratic Studies, Dr. Saad al-Din Ibrahim said there is fear of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) dominating all political dialogues concerning Egypt's future.
Ibrahim pointed out the Muslim Brotherhood (...)
Baha'i is not a religion, according to Sobhi Saleh, a lawyer and prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Saleh said Baha'i cannot be considered a religion or an ideology, and said Islam is committed to the rights of all monotheistic (...)