Egypt’s former finance minister was sentenced in absentia Saturday to 30 years in prison for squandering public funds and abusing his authority, the state news agency said. Yousef Boutros-Ghali, a nephew of former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, left Egypt during … read more
It is a scene Egyptians unfortunately know all too well: the killing of citizens at the hands of the police. On Friday, protests erupted and scores attacked a central Cairo police station after a man was reportedly beaten to death … read more
Egyptians protesting the death of a 40-year old Egyptian driver who they say was killed in police custody set a police station in central Cairo on fire, witnesses and security sources said on Friday. Mohamed Said, 40 years old, clashed … read more
Activists are criticizing Vodafone Egypt for an ad that suggests the company inspired the country’s uprising, when it, in fact, shut down on government orders. Pro-democracy activists say Vodafone and other mobile phone services followed Egyptian government orders, implementing a … read more
The Tahrir Square slogan proclaiming that “The army and the people are one hand” will seem like so much wishful thinking to many of Egypt’s youthful democracy activists now that they find themselves increasingly at odds with the transitional military … read more
A female Egyptian journalist was attacked while covering a demonstration on Cairo’s central Tahrir Square demanding an immediate trial for ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, local media reported. The journalist was interviewing participants in Friday’s rally when a quarrel broke … read more
Even the mildest criticism of the Egyptian military was too much for Mahmoud Saad, a television host on the newly founded, independent Tahrir television network. “Any institution of the country that takes taxes from us should be open to question,’’ … read more
Egypt reimposed restrictions Wednesday on the number of Palestinians allowed to enter from the Gaza Strip at the Rafah crossing, days after permanently opening the border point in a move to ease Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory. Hatem Aweidah, … read more
The Egyptian Military is under scrutiny for possible human rights violations involving the treatment of prisoners in the wake of the demonstrations in Tahrir Square. Amnesty International is drawing world-wide press attention to the issue of forced virginity tests on … read more
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