Date of source: Monday, November 11, 2019
In a statement on Sunday, the United States called on Iraqi's government to hold early elections, to carry out electoral reforms and to stop using violence against the protesters.
The White House expressed its profound concerns declaring "The United States is seriously concerned by continued...
Date of source: Thursday, September 12, 2019
Tunisians vote on Sunday in the second presidential elections since the 2011 uprising to determine the successor of the late Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi [Muhammad al-Bājī Qā’id as-Sibsī], who died in January of this year. While a diverse group of 26 candidates representing various factions of...
Date of source: Thursday, November 7, 2019
On September 26-27, 2019, the MED-HUB project organized a workshop in Trieste, Italy on Values and Religion in the Euro-Mediterranean Region »Towards the Tolerant and Plural Dialogues of Values and Religions in the Euro Mediterranean« with the aim of mapping the relevant knowledge and discussing...
Date of source: Monday, April 22, 2019
On April 17, 2019, Tunisian humanitarian activist Ms. Rekaya al-Hafi [Ruqaiyya al-Ḥāfī] met with Mr. Laurens van Doeveren, Libya expert of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This meeting had been prepared by Cornelis Hulsman of the Center for Arab-West Understanding. It was attended by Mr....
Date of source: Sunday, September 8, 2019
Egyptian human rights activists circulated news this Sunday that the detainee ʿĀʾisha al-Shāṭir, daughter of the Muslim Brotherhood leader Khayrat al-Shāṭir, was transferred to prison hospital after her health deteriorated due to her hunger strike, which is approaching its third consecutive week.
Date of source: Monday, September 23, 2019
In November of 2011, Dr. ‘Iṣām ‘Abd Āllah 'Iskandar, writer and professor of philosophy at ‘Ain Shams University, appeared on Coptic Sat, one of several Coptic Orthodox Church TV channels in Egypt, claiming that the number of Coptic Christians in the country exceeds 23 million. He appears agitated...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Eight years have passed since the 2011 revolution that succeeded in toppling former Egyptian president Ḥusnī Mubārak, but intense debate has recently broken out concerning the fate of individuals widely considered at the time to be ‘icons’ of the uprising following a series of videos recently...
Date of source: Sunday, April 14, 2019
"The role of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is important in disseminating and promoting the provisions of international humanitarian law and global humanitarian principles" said Muḥammad Fāʾiq, president of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR).
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) expressed deep sorrow over the fire that erupted in Notre Dame Cathedral yesterday.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
ʿAlāʾ al-Aswānī grew up in a family with a history of national struggle and a good education that made him a skilled computer programmer. Like millions of young people in Egypt, he dreamed of democratic change. In 2005 he created a blog in his name and his wife Manal which called for an end to...