To eradicate the phenomena of the street children, the Egyptian government should follow Brazil’s solution of killing them, Egyptian columnist and academic professor Nasar Abdullah suggested, which sparked anger among citizens, especially human rights activists. Abdullah, who is also a … read more
An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 182 others to death on Saturday over violence that occurred in the southern governorate of Minya last year. The court also sentenced four to life and acquitted 496 people on … read more
An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced a number of top Muslim Brotherhood leaders to death Thursday, judicial sources said. The convicted include the Brotherhood’s supreme guide, Mohamed Badie, and top leaders Safwat Hegazi and Mohamed El-Beltagi, as well as … read more
The daylight saving time will be put on hold starting Thursday 26 June and will be restored after the holy month of Ramadan ends, Egypt’s cabinet has said. The summer time will be temporarily halted as of Thursday night, the … read more
Egypt’s Religious Endowments Minister has said that Friday will witness a close monitoring of the noon prayer sermons at mosques to put into effect a law tightening control on these sermons. There will be no leniency with violators, said Minister … read more
Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak broke his leg on Thursday after falling while walking to the bathroom at a Cairo military hospital where he is being held, a military source at the hospital told Reuters. Mubarak, 86, fractured the top … read more
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