Egypt has asked YouTube to remove a video showing a naked woman with injuries being dragged through Cairo’s Tahrir Square after being sexually assaulted during celebrations for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s inauguration. Sunday night’s assault took place as thousands of … read more
The Cairo Criminal Court resumed on Saturday the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his interior minister Habib al-Adly and six former security officials over charges of murdering protesters during the 2011 uprising. The court resumes on Saturday hearing the … read more
Former presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabbahi has called for issuing a new law for regulating protests, replacing the controversial one passed by interim authorities. “Targeting youth of the revolution through unconstitutional legislations is aceptable after two revolutions,” Sabbahi tweeted on Thursday … read more
On Wednesday hunger-striking Al Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy and hundreds of others who have been in prison for nearly 10 months without formal charges had their detention renewed once again for an additional 45 by a Cairo court. Though the … read more
After Abdel Fatah al-Sisi was sworn in June 8 to assume his position as the President of Egypt, questions have arisen around the role of his wife, Intisar Amer, as previous Egyptian first ladies have adopted wide and varying approaches … read more
Egypt will destroy all buildings along the Nile River and its tributaries that were erected illegally, the water and irrigation minister said on Monday, seeking to protect canals needed to help grow food. The government will “not be complacent in … read more
Egyptian authorities have arrested seven men for sexually harassing women near Cairo’s Tahrir Square while thousands celebrated the inauguration of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. A video posted on YouTube on Sunday, claiming to depict … read more
Egypt’s prosecutor-general has launched an investigation into incidents of mass sexual assault – including a video of an alleged mob attack on a woman – that took place in Tahrir Square on Sunday night in celebrations to mark the inauguration … read more
Between July 2012 and June 2013 392 residential building collapsed in Egypt, of which 52 percent were due to lack of government regulation, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR.) Launched Saturday, EIPR’s new site egyptbuildingcollapses.org includes detailed … read more
Pro-Muslim Brotherhood students at Al-Azhar University in Nasr City, Cairo, protested Sunday against the inauguration Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as new president of Egypt. The students held yellow balloons that read anti-police and anti-military slogans. In related news, exams went regular … read more