On Tuesday 17-year-old Alaa Yasser Farouk told lawyers that whilst detained she heard officers electrocuting her father and then was threatened with torture if she did not confess to joining and funding the Muslim Brotherhood. [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swore in a new Cabinet after replacing his defense and interior ministers, a high-level security shake-up that comes as the country is struggling to combat an Islamic State affiliate in the Sinai [ More … ]
An Egyptian member of parliament has called for the “execution” of social media activists. He added that social media users are “more dangerous than spies” calling for strict punishments against those who criticize the state. Ahmed [ More … ]
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, blasted on Sunday court officials during the first session of a re-trial on charges that claimed that he orchestrated a prison break during the 2011 revolution. Last Sunday, an [ More … ]
A report published by New Arab newspaper stated that Senior Egyptian intelligence officials pressed Hamas to restart its negotiations with Israel for releasing four Israeli captives in Gaza. Last year, Hamas released a video through which [ More … ]
An Egyptian court upheld on Saturday a decision to freeze the assets of several prominent human rights campaigners, reported The Washington Post. The court ruling named five activists that include Gamal Eid and investigative reporter Hossam [ More … ]
An Egyptian military court sentenced 104 dissidents to prison for alleged violence following the August 2013 violent crackdown of Egyptian security forces, according to defense lawyers, reported Anadolu Agency. Lawyers Khaled Komi, Alaa Tawfiq, and [ More … ]
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