Latest in Tag: cairo university Highlight
Latest in Tag: cairo university

Suggested amendments to university laws are severe violation of academic freedom: AFTE
State is treating university campuses as enemy camps, says professor

Al-Sisi’s Cairo University speech met with critical reaction from students
Speech an approval of security measures against student movement, says Students Against the Coup

Cairo University steps-up ‘security measures’
Cairo University prepares for academic year by removing graffiti deemed offensive to the military and police

University Students vow to return for more protests despite security threats
Securing the educational process appears an uphill battle in Egypt’s turbulent campuses

Cairo University professors protest against colleague’s arrest
Detained academics face charges of joining MB and attempting to overthrow the regime

Cairo University to ban politically affiliated student groups
NGO describes Cairo University ban and recent arrest of Alexandrian professor “violation of academic freedom”

Sudden energy subsidies cut will create lower-middle class outcry: Economist
Government increased petroleum product prices Saturday after cutting subsidies
Finance ministry considers modifying system for cabinet wages: Minister
Ministry of Finance plans to submit bill to amend wage system for cabinet
Legislators inundated by conflicting laws, reform committee ‘necessary’: Expert
Legislative reform committee begins work following recent formation by presidential decree, looks to bring order to existing legislation and review new legislation

AFTE’s appeal against Cairo University detainees refused
Forty-two students remain in custody

Sisi’s ideal first decision: Release the detained youth
By Emad Al-Din Hussein Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was sworn in Sunday and has officially become the country’s president. All eyes have turned to him to pull Egypt out of its unprecedented crisis. Experts and observers have all been talking about what the first decision taken by the new president will be. Most …

Cairo University contracts armed forces to provide food for dormitories
Examinations resume at universities after one-week break for presidential elections

Clashes at Cairo University leave one student dead
SAC spokesman denies intent to obstruct exams and announces a “short pause” to avoid more student casualties and detentions

Minor clashes erupt as Ain Shams students mourn colleague
Police car burned in Alexandria, Azhar students clash with security forces during Friday protests

Student groups announce ‘Black Week’ of protests
Groups, including the El-Midan Student Group, Revolutionary Socialist Students, and Revolutionary Front Students accuse government of “antagonising” students

Cairo University bans 173 student activists from taking exams
The announcement comes on the heels of a Supreme Council of Universities decision to allow most detained students to take end-of-semester exams
President of Cairo University approves police presence on campus during exams
President says police will remain outside interior campus unless “riots” occur

Clashes erupt at SAC protest at Al-Azhar dorms
Student group had been protesting SCU Eight weeks long semester concludes the school year and upset students

One student dead, two journalists wounded at Cairo University
Reports indicate live ammunition was used during dispersal; Ministry of Interior denies claims

There will be no protests on university campuses: Ministry of Interior
Students Against the Coup end protest early because of “unprecedented” police presence
12 bombs defused at Ain Shams University
University security found the IEDs, called bomb experts on campus to disable
3 Cairo University students arrested for unlawful assembly
AFTE calls on Cairo University to remove police from campus

Cairo University area hit by three explosions
Policeman killed in double blast outside Cairo University; third blast occurs approximately two hours after double blast

Policeman killed in double blast outside Cairo University
Two IEDs explode outside the Faculty of Engineering leaving five police officers injured
Policeman killed in double blast outside Cairo University
Two IEDs explode outside the Faculty of Engineering leaving five police officers injured

Clashes erupt between protesting students and security forces
Eight rioters at Zagazig University arrested, according to Ministry of Interior
Students Against the Coup to protest mass death sentences Wednesday, anticipates clashes
Engineering student union warns students to steer clear of Cairo University during protests

From sexual harassment to sexual liberation
At the heart of Egypt’s sexual harassment epidemic lies an out-of-date and unrealistic ideal of the “real” man and the “honourable” woman

Anti-harassment groups condemn sexual assault at Cairo University, administration’s response
Several anti-harassment groups call on government to “adopt a comprehensive strategy to combat” sexual assault

Clashes erupt between SAC and security forces in a number of universities
Two students reported dead from fatal birdshot wounds in Beni Suef University: AFTE Student Observatory