Egyptian security forces in the Suez Canal city of Port Said say they have uncovered a recruitment cell for the radical militant group Islamic State (IS). A police official told Egypt’s state news agency MENA that members of the cell … read more
Prosecutors in Upper Egypt have ordered an investigation into nine policemen over the sexual harassment of a woman. They will be detained for 15 days pending investigations into the incident in Minya. Two are accused of sexually harassing the woman, … read more
Human Rights Monitor submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calling for their urgent intervention in the case of the detained minor Mohamed Abdellatif in Egypt, the group … read more
The number of Egyptians killed during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca reached 20 on Saturday, an Egyptian interior ministry official said. The two most recent casualties were two Egyptian women who both died from a drop in blood pressure, interior … read more
It has been a week in many ways dedicated to the memory of Gamal Abdel Nasser. In the last seven days, Egyptian radio, TV and press, state-run and private, have given tremendous attention to remembering in the eyes of some — … read more
Unidentified gunmen abducted Friday evening a Sufi religious leader and others South Sheikh Zuweid city in North Sinai, army source said, adding that they were kidnapped from a prayer area following Maghrib prayers. Militants of these “extremist” groups reject Sufism, … read more
Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) announced Thursday dedicating an operations room for receiving harassment reports from women during Eid al-Adha holiday. Females can place complaints using the hotline number – 08008883888 – from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. during … read more
A top Egyptian judicial official has told The Associated Press that the judge who oversaw mass death sentence cases criticized worldwide has been removed from his criminal court. The official says Judge Said Youssef, who led two high profile cases … read more
An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded Thursday evening in front of Mahalla Police club in Gharbiyya governorate causing no casualties, a security source said. The vicinity has been cordoned off, and civil protection forces and explosives experts began combing it … read more
