Counter measures to threats should respect rights, rule of law: Rights groups
Extensive analysis and reactions by different groups continue amid tense political climate following Barakat’s killing
Latest in Tag: Barakat Highlight
Latest in Tag: Barakat
Sadat metro station closed, no protests on 30 June anniversary
A provisional security plan included higher security presence for various means of public transportation
We will amend laws to achieve justice as soon as possible: Al-Sisi
A military funeral was held Tuesday morning as farewell to Barakat
People pay price of failed security policies: 6 April
Security agencies cannot face armed protestors, but only peaceful protests in the streets, says Muslim Brotherhood
An assassination brings insurgency to Cairo
By Amr Khalifa Imagine the Prosecutor General of France in a motorcade near the Place de Montmartre. Now imagine a suicide car bomb intercepting that motorcade and killing him. Today Egypt doesn’t have to imagine. On an otherwise normal sunny Ramadan day, Hisham Barakat, Egypt’s Prosecutor General, was assassinated thereby delivering a burgeoning insurgency’s biggest …
Hisham Barakat killed in first assassination of its kind since 1990
Former minister of interior Mohamed Ibrahim was subject to a failed assassination attempt in 2013
Violations against detained protesters, lawyers on 25 January: NGOs
Lack of information and obstacles among the main concerns, say rights groups
Prosecution appeals Mubarak trial verdict
The prosecution tasked a team with studying the reasoning behind the verdict right after it was issued
Investigation launched into alleged rape of British tourist
Two incidents of sexual assault on tourists occurred in March, both in Sharm El-Sheikh
Prosecutor general meets delegation of doctors
Meeting addresses hospital security and the release of detained doctors