Parliament committee approves bill to list media outlets as ‘terror entities’

The Parliament’s Legislative and Constitutional Affairs Committee has approved a bill that aims to expand the list of terrorist entities to include satellite TV channels, radio stations, social...

ANHRI: Mubarak and Morsi don`t receive equal treatment before the law

The Arab Network for Human Rights Information issued a report saying that away from political matters, citizens are not equal before the law and in prisons as...

Amid discontent and repression, is Egypt’s eruption inevitable?

While Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was in New York addressing the United Nations General Assembly, back home his government, in response to demonstrations, began the largest...

Family says Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah beaten in jail

A leading Egyptian activist who was arrested amid a recent clampdown following anti-government protests has been beaten, threatened and stripped to his underwear while in custody, according...

Egypt’s Sisi pardons jailed activist Ahmed Douma

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has pardoned a number of prisoners, including prominent activist Ahmed Douma after over 10 years in arbitrary detention. Lawmaker Tarek al-Khawli,...