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5 Jul 2015

Egypt journalists face jail for reporting non-government terrorism statistics

Egypt was accused of making a savage assault on free speech on Sunday, after its cabinet drafted a law that criminalises the reporting of terrorism statistics that differ from those the government provides. Under an article in the new terrorism law presented to the president for his final approval, journalists face at least two years in jail if they publish figures that contradict those that state institutions such as the army release.
Egypt was accused of making a savage assault on free speech on Sunday, after its cabinet drafted a law that criminalises...
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1 May 2015

Mohamed Soltan, U.S. Citizen Imprisoned in Egypt, Is Released

Mohamed Soltan, an American citizen who spent nearly two years in an Egyptian prison on charges that he supported an Islamist protest, has been released by the Egyptian authorities and flew back to the United States on Saturday, his family said in a statement.
Mohamed Soltan, an American citizen who spent nearly two years in an Egyptian prison on charges that he supported an...
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1 Apr 2015

Egypt’s “meaningless” rule of law

ON THE afternoon of Jan. 24, a young Egyptian poet and political activist joined other members of the secular Socialist Alliance Party in peacefully attempting to lay flowers in Cairo s Tahrir Square in memory of those killed in the 2011 revolution. According to witnesses and videos, masked police fired birdshot into the group from behind at close range; Shaimaa al-Sabbagh , the mother of a 5-year-old, died in the arms of a friend.
ON THE afternoon of Jan. 24, a young Egyptian poet and political activist joined other members of the secular Socialist...
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4 Feb 2015

Coming to Mourn Tahrir Square’s Dead, and Joining Them Instead

Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, a 31-year-old mother and a poet, was shot by masked riot police officers on Jan. 24 while laying flowers in Tahrir Square. She and other activists had come to mark the fourth anniversary of the start of Egypt s Arab Spring uprising. Attempts by friends and bystanders to save her life failed. Ms. Sabbagh s funeral the next day in Alexandria drew crowds of mourners. Ms. Sabbagh has become a symbol of the Egyptian authorities intolerance of protest.
Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, a 31-year-old mother and a poet, was shot by masked riot police officers on Jan. 24 while laying...
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10 Jun 2014

Egyptian Government Criticized Anew Over Response to Sexual Assaults

Rape victims and women s rights advocates lashed out on Tuesday at the escalating attempts by the Egyptian government and news media to dismiss a plague of sexual assaults more than three years after the Arab Spring uprising began to expose the scale of the problem.
Rape victims and women s rights advocates lashed out on Tuesday at the escalating attempts by the Egyptian government...
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23 Dec 2013

Egyptian prisoners go on hunger strike to protest conditions

More than 300 prisoners in Egypt, including Al Jazeera reporter Abdulla Al Shami, have gone on hunger strike to protest against "ill-treatment" and the conditions they're being held in. The prisoners, who announced the strike on Monday, claim their prison cells are full of insects and that they are allowed to go outside for just half an hour a day. They also said that prisoners are housed in small cells with as many as 60 people.
More than 300 prisoners in Egypt, including Al Jazeera reporter Abdulla Al Shami, have gone on hunger strike to protest...
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29 Dec 2011

Egypt police raid offices of human rights groups in Cairo

Egyptian security forces have launched raids on a series of high-profile human rights and pro-democracy organisations based in Cairo, including the US National Democratic Institute, founded by former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, and the International Republican Institute.
Egyptian security forces have launched raids on a series of high-profile human rights and pro-democracy organisations...
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25 Nov 2011

Egypt police sexually abuse, detain prominent U.S.-Egyptian journalist

A prominent Egyptian-born U.S. columnist said uniformed police sexually assaulted, beat and blindfolded her after she was detained Thursday near Tahrir Square during clashes, leaving her left arm and right hand broken and in casts.
A prominent Egyptian-born U.S. columnist said uniformed police sexually assaulted, beat and blindfolded her after she...
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16 Sep 2011

Egyptians rally in Tahrir Square against return of emergency laws

Egyptians have returned to Tahrir Square to rally against the military junta's reactivation of Mubarak-era emergency laws, and Amnesty International has described the move as the biggest threat to human rights in the country since the revolution of 25 January.
Egyptians have returned to Tahrir Square to rally against the military junta's reactivation of Mubarak-era emergency...
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