Date of source: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Supreme State Security service has concluded its investigations into the explosions at the Church of Saint Mark and Saint Peter on January 1 2011 which killed twenty people and injured close to a hundred. The lawyer for the victims, Joseph Malāk, said the investigations into the issue had...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Residents of al-Khusūs have confirmed that the majority of the Muslims arrested have no connection to the event and were arrested unjustly after security forces stormed their homes and threatened the families with weapons.
Maj. Gen. Mahmūd Yusrī, Director of al-Qalyubia Security Department, denied...
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2017
The New York Times Magazine published a detailed report about the torture and murder of ItalianPhD student Giulio Regeni who focused in his study on Egyptian street vendors’ union, “hoping to assess their union’s potential to drive political and social change.” He disappeared on the 25th of January...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Despite the public positions of the Egyptian State which completely opposes reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood, meetings have been held in prisons most likely to formulate a new deal between the group and the State to change the approach of the relations that has always been characterized...
Date of source: Monday, February 8, 2016
Three years ago, on February 27, 2013, we interviewed Aḥmad Ashūsh in our office. These were the days of President Muhammad Mursī and we then made efforts to understand the motivations of the different people involved various Islamists movements. Aḥmad Ashūsh was arrested in October 2013 for the...
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Conversion in Egypt is a complicated and thorny issue.
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2012
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, called for establishing a council for Egyptian churches to be tasked with negotiating with the new regime to achieve Copts’ demands, stressing unity of Christian denominations to seek solutions for Coptic problems, including the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2011
The former regime, contrary to its modus operandi in tackling moderate or hard-line Muslim or Christian groups that encourage or reject political activities, has dealt with the Bohra sect in a very special way.
Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2011
Clashes between protesters and security forces in and around Tahrir Square this week gave activists a sobering reminder that the Ministry of Interior has yet to change one of the more troubling departments under its auspices, Central Security Forces (CSF), or the riot police.