Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 21, 2015
The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in London issued yesterday a report that said that August 2015 saw the biggest number of detainees since 3 July 2013 (267 detainees). Of 40 detainees, who died in their cells in August alone, 5 died as a result of torture, 20 due to medical negligence, and 13...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 15, 2015
The Tahyā Misr or 'Long Live Egypt' fund (account no. 306306) will launch a program to support factories that are facing difficulties in their operations in terms of donations, announced Executive Director Muhammad `Ashmāwī on Thursday.
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 11, 2015
The Egyptian Salafi leader Yāsser al-Burhāmī announced yesterday that 24 Christian Copts have been included in the electoral lists of the ultraconservative al-Nūr Islamist party, also highlighting the distributions of Coptic candidates in different districts. This was reported by local sources to...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 6, 2015
An Egyptian court released a detailed ruling on Sunday on why it sentenced three journalists working for al-Jazeera English to three years in prison for airing what it described as “false news” and biased coverage. The case has long been criticized by press freedom campaigners and others.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 6, 2015
The state commissioners issued a report recommending the administrative court to reject a lawsuit by lawyer Samīr Sabri that calls for the censoring of Rassd News Network (RNN) on social media.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 6, 2015
Egypt's Primary Administrative Court, presided by judge `Abd al-Majīd, referred a lawsuit against Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) to the commissioners body of the State Council for legal advice.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 23, 2015
Fifteen Sudanese men were arrested Monday at Wādi al-Jemāl reserve (Camels Valley) in Marsa `Allam for illegal gold exploration, ONA News Agency reported today.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 23, 2015
Former vice-president of Egypt's International affairs, Dr. Muhammad al-Barad`ī, called for a restructure of the United Nations, criticizing its Security Council of performing a double-standard policy. Addressing the political situation in Egypt, Al-Barad`ī said that the struggle for power in Egypt...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2015
Dr. Su’ād Sāleh, professor of Islamic Comparative Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) at the women college for Islamic studies at Al-Azhar University, accused Dr. Hassan al-Janaynī the Al-Azhar scholar of attributing a 'weak' hadith (saying) to Prophet Muhammad. According to Dr. Sāleh, the hadith in the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2015
The Egyptian Social Democratic Party (ESDP) slammed in a statement Wednesday what it described as a security crackdown against independent cultural venues and activists in Egypt which could threaten stability in Egypt.