Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2016
In a featured story on its website, Al-Misrīyūn wrote a profile about the former Egyptian Diplomat and Ambassador to Venezuela Yaḥia Nijm. Nijm was billed by activists and politicians as the "man of principles" as he stood against the constitutional declaration issued by the deposed president...
Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2016
On Thursday, President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī sent the Secretaries of the Republic to the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in al-ʿAbāsiyyah to congratulate His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, the Pope of Alexandria, the Patriarch of St. Mark and the Orthodox Copts on the Day of Resurrection and the Easter...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Diyā’ Rashwān, Secretary General of the National Committee for Press and Information Legislation, announced that the unified law of press and information and the law of canceling the imprisonment in publishing cases will be handed over on Monday morning to Prime Minister Sharīf ʾIsmāʿīl after the...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
On Tuesday, the Regional Center for Strategic Studies in Cairo will hold a panel discussion on the position of the Western media on Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
MP Aḥmad Badawī, Undersecretary of the Communications and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives, said on April 24, 2016 that the committee supports the freedom of opinion and expression and the dissemination of information.
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
al-Karāmah Party and The Popular Current (Al- Tayār Al- Shaʿbī), said in a statement that the Egyptian authorities only allowed a segment of Egyptians to publicly celebrate the liberation of Sinai day only because they are supporters of the regime. The party contends that Egyptian authorities deny...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Member of the Parliament, Muḥammad ʿEsmat Al-Sādāt, who was recently elected as the head of the Parliamentary Committee for human rights, in an interview with Misr al-‘Arabiyya -when asked about the recent demonstrations that broke out in protest of the Egyptian government decision to concede two...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Dr. Muḥammad Nūr Faraḥāt, professor of constitutional and international law, said that the youth movements do not have the adequate and required ability to propose alternatives in the current political scene, considering that the power possessed by the youth is limited to staging protests only.
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
Dr. Salāh Salām, a member of the National Council for Human Rights, said that Britain's inclusion of Egypt as a “country of concern” in its assessment of human rights is expected; pointing out that the current situation is not satisfactory to the Egyptians.
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
The head of the Committee on Civil and Political Rights at the National Council for Human Rights, George Isḥāq, declined to comment on the British Foreign Office statement on the human rights situation in Egypt.