In light of a wave of labor protests against the minister of endowments, 12 of the ministry’s employees have recently been referred to criminal prosecution for protesting, while the minister has…
"For the Love of Egypt … was born in this meeting. Yes, inside the Egyptian General Intelligence Agency. I was there, at the invitation of the presidency."
Coptic teacher Bishouy Kameel was acquitted of insulting Islam by the Assiut Appeals Court on Sunday, after he had already served three…
Student union leaders from 16 universities across the country are planning a general assembly meeting to discuss the fate of the Egyptian Student Union (ESU), whose elections were voided in…
Three days after former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi issued a statement calling on political powers to form a “civilian alternative” to the current political situation, there remain many unanswered questions…
Nine Egyptian journalists serving sentences in Aqrab Prison, the maximum-security section of Cairo's Tora prison complex, have started a hunger strike “against…
A memorial service was held on Wednesday at the American University in Cairo (AUC) for Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni, who was found brutally murdered early this month after a…
While Egypt's Technical Research Department works in complete secrecy, Privacy International suggests it has a big budget.
A crisis between Egypt’s Interior Ministry and police forces escalated this week, with seven leaders of a coalition of police sergeants and personnel who are critical of the ministry arrested on their way to a…
In December 2015, Al-Nahar channel aired the last episode of "Akher al-Nahar" (End of the Day) talk show with its presenter Mahmoud Saad, due to pressure from its board to reduce its…
The Egyptian Doctors Syndicate has notified the Ministry of Interior of a nationwide protest by doctors on Saturday inside public hospitals "against…
The new Parliament, which convened for the first time in January, is reviewing several pieces of legislation that could adversely affect the country’s workforce. With only a handful of labor…
Before accusing him of taking bribes from international bodies, state institutions collaborated with and rewarded journalist Hesham Gaafar.
In less than a year, Egypt’s Ministry of Interior went from outright denial in the face of accusations that it increasingly carries out forced disappearances to addressing the issue in…
Mai Shams El-Din on the mountain of problems accumulated since the 2013 overthrow of Morsi, from annulled elections to students' forced disappearances.
Young citizens have historically been positioned by the state as a priority due to the threat of their large numbers and able bodies.
Cairo Criminal Court ordered a reinvestigation into the deaths of at least 20 hardcore football fans, who were killed in February 2015 outside Cairo’s Air Defense Stadium. The court referred the…
Several international human rights organizations urged Egypt to lift foreign travel bans imposed on human rights activists, in light of a recent…
The Doctors Syndicate has demanded the sacking of the Health Minister and his referral to the syndicate’s disciplinary committee, amid other decisions…
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