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Latest in Egypt

Morsy appoints emergency court judges
Rights group says 3,000 appointments are illegal

Doctors dig in
Minor skirmishes, but talks with government underway

Muslim Brotherhood fumbles NGO registration
Brotherhood failes to provide required forms for registration

Contempt of religion charges disproportionately target Copts
Hundreds could face the same treatment by the end of the year according to a human rights organisation

Yasser Ali Responds to Amnesty International conference
Presidency studies international NGO reports addressing human rights violations in Egypt
Drivers at Suez Steel strike after suspension of colleague
Lebanese chairman insults Egyptian workers

Copts remember Maspero victims at Cathedral
Pachomius: “We live in a new era of martyrdom.”
8 April officer given year and half sentence
Soldiers arrested last year for participating in anti-army protest
Coptic children arrested and charged with “contempt of religion”
Young boys accused of ripping pages from the Quran and defacing them

Three arrested at student protest in Assiut
Twitter activists call for the release of the students

Universal healthcare unveiled
DNE speaks to Doctor Abdel Hamid Omar Abaza, assistant to the Minister of Health and Population, about the new universal healthcare law

Amnesty International calls for protection of human rights
NGO presses Egyptian government to for comprehensive set of laws to protect human rights

Constitution Founders: Part 1
A closer look on the founders at Egypt’s post-revolution constitution

Al-Nour Party favours internal solution to rift
Bakar says party will form reconciliation committee

Hamzawy dismisses 100 day plan
Former MP discusses Egypt’s political future at Cairo University

Constituent Assembly escapes dissolution yet again
Assembly buys more time with court postponement decision, constitutional referendum likely to be held before a verdict is made

Ultras Ahlawy demand justice
Supporters demonstrate at the Sports Ministry asking for redress in Port Said massacre case

Essam El-Erian announces candidacy
FJP deputy to run for the party’s leadership

Egyptians arrested in Syria
Syrian authorities arrest eight Egyptians for illegally entering Syria

Qandil discusses draft NGO law
Human Rights lawyers reject draft amid concerns of State control

Former members of People’s Assembly meet in parliament building
Former parliamentarians demand national referendum over PA dissolution

Editors in chief appointment appeal adjourned
Shura Council cancels bonuses allocated to former editors in chief

ANHRI’s hotline for reporting on rights violations
Rights group sets up hotline to protect citizens’ rights and freedoms

Egypt rejects Hamas free trade zone proposal
Presidential spokesman confirms there is no plan for a free trade agreement with Gaza

Doctors’ strike begins
Doctors demand increased wages, security, budget and overall better services

Construction and Development to run on party list
Islamist parliamentarian says no to prospect of alliances

Strike erupts in the faculty of Mass Communication
Another student strike in Cairo University

Six Christian families return to Rafah
Rafah residents unite amid heightened security

Date set for Mubarak and Al-Adly’s appeal hearing
Cessation court to examine the appeal of Mubarak and Al-Adly’s life sentence

Victory for AUC students
Striking students win tuition fee cap