Haram Misdemeanor Court sentenced four members of the gay community to three years in prison on Saturday, each on charges of committing acts “inconsistent with public morality and homosexuality,” that fall under Egypt’s ‘debauchery law’, inside a residential apartment in Hadayeq … read more
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi along with the Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, Defense Minister Sidqi Sobhy, Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Mahmoud Hegazy inaugurated the first phase of the new Administrative Capital on … read more
The information ministers of Egypt, Bahrain, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia are set to hold talks about their ongoing diplomatic boycott of Qatar in Manama on 25 October, state agency MENA reported on Tuesday. In statements to the agency, the … read more
Egyptian lawyer and human rights activist, Mohamed Zaree, has been awarded the most prestigious awards granted to human rights defenders, the Martin Ennals award. However he was unable to accept the prize in person as Egypt banned him from travel … read more
Rights activist groups on Monday condemned the crackdown of the Interior Ministry against the LGBT community, after several young people were arrested for holding up rainbow flags during a concert featuring Lebanese Indie rock band Mashrou Leila last month. In … read more
In a first of its –kind incident, a 28 year-old Egyptian man about to blow up a renowned mall, in the Cairo suburb of Maadi, backed out and turned himself in to authorities, after guiding them to the car that held … read more
Cairo Criminal Court, headed by Judge Hassan Farid, sentenced on Tuesday eight defendants to death, 50 to life in prison, seven to ten years of rigorous imprisonment, and three others to five years in prison over riots that occurred following the … read more
Egypt is on high security alert ahead of a crucial football match against Congo on Sunday that will decide whether Egypt qualifies for the World Cup tournament in Russia next year, with Egypt seeking its first spot in the competition … read more
Libyan authorities said Saturday that they recovered the remains of Coptic Christians killed in Libya in February 2015 by Islamic State militants. The remains were transferred to the forensics lab in Misrata city for DNA testing, in order to deliver the remains over to … read more
Czech tourism is one of the most promising markets that is rapidly developing in Egypt as the number of incoming tourists from January to August increased by 150 percent, said Chairman of the Tourism Promotion Authority Hesham al-Demiry. If Czech … read more