Egypt’s al-Sisi should immediately commute the death sentences for 12 protestors, including prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders who had been convicted in a grossly unfair mass trial for participation in the 2013 Rab’a sit-in that ended with security [ More … ]
A group of expatriate Egyptian politicians and political activists are urging the US, UN and multinational bodies in Europe and Africa to pressure the Egyptian government to stop the execution of a dozen members of [ More … ]
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Monday upheld death sentences for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members, concluding a trial linked to a 2013 mass killing by security forces of President Morsi supporters at Raba’a sit-in, while culprits [ More … ]
Former Egyptian Ambassador to Venezuela was arrested on May 29, after his house had been raided Yehya Nigm, the former Egyptian ambassador to Venezuela was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown destination [ More … ]
Reprieve, a US-based legal action non-profit organization, has released a new report on the death penalty which reveals that Egypt remains the fifth largest executioner worldwide. Since Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi rose to power in a military [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt should immediately end a crackdown on freedom of association, independent groups, and peaceful dissent, 63 organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, said today. Sixty-three organizations, including Human Rights Watch [ More … ]
Several Palestinians killed in new wave of Israeli raids on Gaza as Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue attacks ‘as long as necessary’!! Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip entered its seventh consecutive day with air [ More … ]
Hamas has said it fired more than 100 rockets at the Israeli city of Tel Aviv after an Israeli air strike destroyed a tower block in the besieged Gaza Strip. The 13-storey residential tower in [ More … ]
Amnesty International said evidence indicated Israel has launched ‘violent raids on al-Aqsa’ and ‘unprovoked attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Sheikh Jarrah.’ Amnesty International has condemned Israeli violence and forced evictions against Palestinians in occupied East [ More … ]
More than 200 Palestinian worshippers wounded in Al-Aqsa amid growing anger over Israeli plans to evict Palestinian families from occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah. Tens of thousands of worshippers had earlier packed Islam’s third-holiest site [ More … ]
Al-Azhar has condemned in a statement “he Zionist entity’s terror and its brutal violations against the people of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem”. “Al-Azhar condemns in the strongest terms the Zionist entity’s terrorism and [ More … ]
Crimes Against Humanity Should Trigger Action to End Repression of Palestinians. Human Rights Watch has released its’ latest human rights report regarding the Israeli Policies saying; Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid [ More … ]
Contrary to what the producers of “The Choice 2” series had hoped for, the fifth episode of the series evoked memories for hundreds of activists about the truth of what happened in the dispersal of [ More … ]
Egyptian journalist Hassan Al-Banna, who was released from prison in February last year, has been arrested by the Egyptian police and disappeared after he had been deported from Jordan. The Egyptian journalist who was deported [ More … ]
The container ship Ever Given has been blocking the Suez Canal for days. Economic fallout is already visible, and it could take weeks — and require drastic measures — to free the waterway. Tugboats and [ More … ]
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