Protesters smashed the iron facade of the Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel on the Corniche al-Nil during clashes with security forces in Cairo Thursday evening, and attempted to break into hotel. The protesters also threw Molotov cocktails at the hotel, but the … read more
Thirty police stations nationwide, including seven in Cairo, closed their doors on Thursday to demand the dismissal of Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim, state news agency MENA reported. The officers and personnel at the police stations have declared a state … read more
Gunmen in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula kidnapped two British tourists on their way to a beach resort, security and tribal sources said on Thursday. Security in the isolated desert region has deteriorated since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in a … read more
Clashes between anti-government protesters and police took place in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Wednesday, leading to the arrest of 160 people. Six of those arrested have been released on bail, Cairo security chief Osama El-Sagheer has said. Forty people, including … read more
A forensic committee stated on Wednesday that the death of activist Mohamed El-Gendy resulted from torture and not from a car accident, as a previous forensic report had asserted. El-Gendy, 28, was a member of opposition group the Egyptian Popular … read more
Egypt’s Administrative Court overturned a presidential decree calling parliamentary elections on 22 April, after referring Egyptian electoral legislation to the High Constitutional Court on Wednesday, questioning the constitutionality of the newly-drafted law. On 18 February, the High Constitutional Court (HCC) … read more
Clashes re-erupted Wednesday between tens of protesters and police near the US embassy where security presence is most intense. Protesters, mostly young, blocked the Nile Corniche with a tree as they continued to throw rocks at the police. It is … read more
As results of student union elections in Egyptian universities unfold after polling began Monday, a noticeable decline in the Muslim Brotherhood’s popularity is evident in a vast majority of faculties, says the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), … read more
A video obtained by Al-Masry Al-Youm purports to show another man being dragged by police in plain clothes Tuesday in the Monufiya Governorate. Tarek Hassanein said he was assaulted by officers outside the Shebin al-Kom municipality headquarters where he’d been … read more
Public Prosecution spokesperson Mostafa Dowidar told the Turkish Anadolu news agency that his office would soon summon leaders of the masked group that call themselves the Black Bloc over charges of violence and vandalism. “There is information enough gathered by … read more