The Cairo-based Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR) has called for an immediate investigation into the death of Mohamed El-Gendy, allegedly tortured to death by police following a protest in January. El-Gendy, 28, disappeared late last month, only to reappear … read more
The Popular Current Party joined other activists Tuesday to call for a protest outside the Bulaq Abul Ela Public Prosecution office next Sunday. The demonstration is a show of support for eight members of the media who have been summoned … read more
Confrontations between police and protesters flared up again late Monday night at the Ettehadiya Presidential Palace amid an intensive barrage of teargas. Several ambulances were deployed to the scene to administer aid to protesters suffering from respiratory distress. Traffic was … read more
Shura Council’s human rights committee members said on Monday that women taking part in protests bear the responsibility of being sexually harassed, describing what happens in some demonstrators’ tents as “prostitution.” Major General Adel Afify, member of the committee representing … read more
The Construction and Development Party said on Monday it is preparing for a million man march next Friday under the banner “together against violence…the peaceful revolution continues,” media spokesman Khaled El-Sherif said. The Party is calling on all the Islamist … read more
Ordered to shoot protesters in Tahrir Square, attempting to declare independence for Alexandria and forced to work for the only company with phone signal: five ordinary Egyptians tell their extraordinary stories about the 18 days that shook the world. Locked … read more
Protests commemorating the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak, and urging the same fate for current President Mohamed Morsy, swept through the governorates on Monday, the second anniversary of Mubarak’s resignation. In Tanta, violent clashes erupted between police forces and … read more
CAIRO (AP) — One hardline Muslim cleric on an Egyptian TV station justified sexual assaults on women protesters. Others issued religious edicts saying opposition leaders must be killed. Television screeds by ultraconservative sheiks are raising fears of assassinations here a … read more
The National Conscience Front includes former minister of state for parliamentary affairs Mohamed Mahsoub, Wasat Party deputy leader Essam Soltan, Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) figures Mohamed El-Beltagi and Helmy El-Gazzar, legal expert Ramadan Bateekh, Judges for Egypt leader Walid … read more
Sexual harassment has become a more explicit phenomenon afflicting the Egyptian society after the country’s 2011 upheaval due to constant protests and deteriorating security. Women are deemed inferior to men in Egypt’s male-dominated culture, said feminists and human rights activists, … read more