Egyptian police on Friday began the largest police strike ever where the anti-riot personnel closed their camps and scores of police stations were closed nationwide. The task of protecting the Port Said Security Directorate was also handed over to the … read more
The Cairo headquarters of the privately owned Al-Watan newspaper were torched by unknown assailants early Saturday. The newspaper’s website said that at around 3am, about 40 people gathered in front of the newspaper’s office in downtown Cairo, setting fire to … read more
Thousands of Egyptians packed the streets of the Suez Canal city of Port Said on Friday in protest at the deaths of local people in clashes with police and ahead of a court decision in a contentious football riot case. … read more
The interior minister sacked commander of the Central Security Forces (CSF) Maged Nouh on Friday, after he failed to contain the anger of the CSF officers who staged a sit-in in at least seven CSF camps in Cairo alone, Al-Masry … read more
Clashes intensified between security forces and dozens of demonstrators on Friday early evening by the Nile Corniche Road and on 6 October Bridge. Security forces heavily fired teargas and birdshot at the demonstrators, which led to dozens of injuries, in … read more
12:00 In Port Said, hundreds of angry protesters are threatening to stop the ferries that cross from one side of Port Said to the district of Port Fouad, which is on the other side of the water. An army officer … read more
The back seat of Joanna Joseph’s Hyundai is still stained with the young woman’s blood. Joseph, a volunteer with Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment, helped rescue the 19-year-old from Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Jan. 25 as Egyptians marked the second anniversary of … read more
The office of Egypt’s grand mufti, the country’s official authority for issuing religious edicts, announced on Thursday that recently-appointed Grand Mufti Shawki Allam may not have the time to approve or reject death sentences handed down in January to 21 … read more
Clashes between security forces and demonstrators in Port Said Thursday left 35 people injured, including two who sustained injuries from live bullets, Health Ministry Undersecretary Helmy al-Afny said. He said 13 sustained injuries from birdshot, and 20 experienced tear gas … read more
Dozens of people rallied in Talaat Harb Square earlier Thursday to protest the release of Mohamed Saqr, a low-ranking policeman charged with running over a protester, Hossam Abdallah, in Mansoura, on a bail of LE5,000. The protesters chanted against the … read more