Government attempts to control Egypt’s religious discourse were back in the spotlight, as unified Friday sermons criminalizing street protests in the lead up to January 25 were criticized by imams…
It wasn’t just the Interior Ministry, the Endowments Ministry and other state entities putting a damper on revolutionary sentiment in Cairo on Monday. Even the wet, cold and dismal weather seemed to…
Egypt’s security forces are making moves to thwart any attempts to collectively commemorate January 25 in downtown Cairo, where it all began five years ago. Government officials warned people against participating…
The recent period has seen some conciliatory gestures on the part of the Egyptian state that some analysts have linked to calls for taking to the streets on the fifth…
South Giza Criminal Court ordered doctor and activist Taher Mokhtar and his roommates to be released on bail, after lawyers filed a…
A Cairo court on Sunday renewed the detention of activist and doctor Taher Mokhtar and his roommates for 45 days, local rights groups…
Tuesday and Wednesday witnessed a number of court rulings renewing the detentions of political detainees in Egyptian prisons, as activists began several campaigns…
A South Cairo criminal court rejected the most recent appeal to release university students Ahmed Hassan and Ahmed Hossam, who have been…
Egyptian officials released conflicting reports as to the cause of Italian PhD candidate Giulio Regeni's death on Thursday, after he went missing in Cairo on…
The Italian Foreign Ministry has asked its Egyptian counterpart to provide any information about Giulio Regeni, an Italian student who has been…
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