Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has ordered a new department formed to combat crimes of violence against women in collaboration with the ministry’s department of human rights, a security source told Al-Ahram Arabic news website. The source said the … read more
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) has called upon the Egyptian government to reassess their “repression mechanisms” in a report issued this month. The report addresses cases of violence in Egypt from 30 June 2013 to 17 August 2013. … read more
The Institute for Economics and Peace released Wednesday its 2014 Global Peace Index (GPI) in which Egypt ranked 143 out of 162, falling over 30 places and marking the second biggest loss in peace of any country in the world. … read more
An Egyptian court signaled on Wednesday it wanted death sentences for 12 defendants charged with killing a police officer and belonging to a terrorist group, when it referred the case to the country’s highest religious authority. The state news agency … read more
Abdullah al-Shamy, an Egyptian journalist who had been on hunger strike for over 100 days, was released on Tuesday night from a police station in north of Cairo, an Aswat Masriya witness said. Egypt’s top prosecutor ordered the release of … read more
Abdullah al-Shamy, correspondent of Al Jazeera channel, who was ordered by prosecutor to be freed due to his health condition, arrived at Nasr City police station to conclude procedures of his release. Shamy started a hunger strike on 21 January … read more
One young man was shot and killed in October 6 City Tuesday after he raised the victory sign to a dozen of pro-Muslim Brotherhood supporters in a march, reported youm7. The investigation team, headed by lieutenant colonel Fawzy Amer, said … read more
Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah El-Shamy, who has been on hunger strike since January, was granted release on Monday by Egypt’s general prosecutor for health reasons. Twelve other detainees were also released for medical reasons, according to a statement by the … read more
The Food Industries Holding Company (FIHC) will finish the inventory of Zad and Seoudi markets Tuesday and the store branches will start working Wednesday, according to Ayman Salem, head of Masreya-Market that is affiliated to FIHC. The committee tasked with … read more
Ministers who will remain in their posts are: 1. Minister of Tourism – Hisham Zaazou Zaazou, 59, continues in his post as tourism minister. He is a political independent who was appointed tourism minister in August 2012. He was … read more