Latest in Tag: Al-Nahda Highlight
Latest in Tag: Al-Nahda
Al-Zawahiri’s aide arrested
Detainee accused of providing Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in with weapons
Egypt railway suffers EGP 30m loss
Recent unrest resulted in a halt in railway traffic causing losses

Egypt railway suffers EGP 30m loss
Egypt’s train movements completely halted between Cairo, Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt

Minister of Interior vows to “deal with” new pro-Morsi sit-in
Minister provides account of Wednesday’s operation to disperse pro-Morsi sit-ins; stresses security forces exercised highest degrees of self-restraint
Violence follows sit-ins dispersal
Security forces disperse Al-Nahda pro-Morsi sit-in and struggle with dispersing the Rabaa sit-ins

Six torture cases reported at Rabaa sit-in:MOI
The Anti-Coup Alliance called for “an independent international investigation into everything that is being said regarding violence”

Press Syndicate to file complaints for attacks on journalists
Syndicate received at least 14 complaints from attacked journalists; AFTE report cites 21 attacks

Amnesty condemns torture at pro-Morsi sit-ins
Human rights organisation cites victims who were allegedly tortured at pro-Morsi sit-ins

Army sets up complaints hotline
A phone number and e-mail to receive Rabaa and Bein Al-Sarayat’s residents complaints

Nine dead and 86 injured in clashes between pro- and anti-Morsi protesters
Clashes erupt early morning on Tuesday in Rabaa Al-Adaweya and Al-Nahda Square

What is the political map of the Islamist movement in Egypt?
The number of “Islamic” or “quasi-Islamic” parties has officially reached 12. The parties can be categorised into three groups: the first are “political” Islamist parties, the second are “religion-based political” Islamist parties, and the third are the “radical” Islamist parties, or rather of radical backgrounds. At the heart of all these parties is the Freedom …

Spies in the skies
By Philip Whitfield At least you can hear the jets overflying Cairo from time to time. In future clusters of silent “flying Weetabix” will conduct furtive surveillance thanks to promises President Mohamed Morsi received in India. That’s on top of the 70,000 dodgy electronic voting machines (EVMs) ordered for delivery in January. Until now EgyCubeSat-1 …
Conservatives and Renaissance parties coalesce
By Reem Abdellatif CAIRO: political parties Al-Muhafzeen (Conservatives) and Al-Nahda (Renaissance) announced on Wednesday they will unify in order to “strengthen and enhance” their chances in the elections. Mostafa Abdel-Aziz, former head of the Conservatives, which was founded in 2006, announced that he will be stepping down as president of the party and will relinquish all …