The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced former President Mohamed Morsi and 14 co-defendants to 20 years in a maximum security prison on Tuesday morning at the Police Academy. The case pertains…
Giza Criminal Court has handed death sentences to 22 people accused of storming Kerdasa police station and killing a police officer in July 2013, according to the official EgyNews website.…
Egypt has ranked 129th out of 142 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report, in a list topped by Iceland,…
There are two smiling European-looking 30-somethings waiting to welcome you to the new website, Liberland.org, while a hopeful-sounding logo proclaims, “Live and…
Dozens of workers at the American University in Cairo (AUC) protested on Sunday against university management, issuing a statement signed by 170…
The fight for freedom of expression has been a key part of the battle for rights in Egypt. As the January 25 revolution unfolded, debates about the right to…
There have been numerous clashes between military and police forces in recent years. Local media has portrayed several such incidents since the 2011 revolution as the result of personal conflict,…
The Cabinet approved three bills on Wednesday that could allow the often-postponed parliamentary elections to finally take place. Ministers sent the draft laws to the State Council for review before they’re put to…
With the Cabinet’s approval of a legislative package that will govern the long-delayed parliamentary elections, ongoing debate as to the arguable constitutionality of these bills has some questioning if there…
In the summer of 2014, state-owned newspapers published a government-sponsored ultimatum to all NGOs working outside the scope of the NGO law, threatening them with legal action and dissolution. …
Two electricity towers supplying the Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC) were targeted early on Tuesday, taking out several satellite channels and raising…
This is an introduction to a series of interviews by Mada Masr with human rights workers in Egypt that attempts to situate the struggle for rights within the context of…
In an interview during the run-up to his election last year, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asserted that the moral reform of the people is one of the president’s responsibilities. He…
Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata was in the spotlight again on Saturday when he upheld death sentences for 14 Muslim Brotherhood leaders convicted of terrorism-related charges, including Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, who…
Sunday’s Easter celebrations were marred by an uptick in sectarian conflict in the southern governorate of Minya throughout Holy Week, including a recent string of attacks against Copts living in…
In the span of just one year, more than 1,000 people were sentenced to death in Egypt. From the Minya Criminal Court handing down mass death penalties to a group…
The Giza Criminal Court upheld the death sentences levied in March against Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 13 others on Saturday. The judiciary has now sentenced Badie to…
“Let’s agree that if you interrupt me, I’ll lose my train of thought and start over, which will take more time. So you might as well just let me finish,…
Amid wide-scale social prejudice and a regime deploying its security apparatus to crackdown on the movement, the Muslim Brotherhood has been producing a somewhat confused discourse in recent months. “The…
When the Interior Ministry announced security forces killed Ajnad Misr leader Hammam Attia on Sunday night, some braced themselves for a retaliatory attack — but others predicted that his death…
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