Latest in Tag: DNE Highlight
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In Pictures: Journalists protest Egypt jailing of Jazeera colleagues
AFP- Scores of supporters of Al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt demonstrated on Tuesday in Kenya, the base of one of the detained reporters. “Being a journalist is not a crime,” the crowd of around a 100 shouted outside the Egyptian embassy in Nairobi, in a peaceful protest watched over by armed police. The detained journalists, …
Italian minister concerned Egypt âtoo focused on security issuesâ
Foreign minister meets Italian counterpart, defence minister and business leaders at start of Europe tour
Journalists protest Egypt jailing of Jazeera colleagues
The detained journalists, who have been locked up for more than a month, include Peter Greste, an award-winning Australian reporter who previously worked for the BBC and who lives in the Kenyan capital.
Minister of Interior orders two remaining downtown walls removed
Walls to be replaced with checkpoints
Odyssey and Circus
The collection explores the idea of creation, the cosmos and the people within
Seahawks rout Broncos to win Super Bowl XLVIII
Russell Wilson leads team to first Super Bowl championship
Bassem Youssef back on 7 February, against Al-Sisi for president
Bassem Youssef says involving the army in politics will be repeating the same experience with religion and the Muslim Brotherhood.
EU delegation to Egypt announces winners of its sixth annual photography competition
âTogether We Restore Heritageâ wins First Prize
Impunity
In the past month, as a journalist, I was involved in discussions with several organisations that defend and protect journalists on the best way to handle Egyptâs crackdown on journalists and how to protect them. My opinion was always the same: in a country that follows no law, there can be no protection. There is …
Meet Reem
Reem is a cleaning lady and a mother of four. She has been married twice though neither ex-husband supports his children financially or otherwise. Reem is on her own raising her children. Reem is among the working poor. Although she works full time, she barely meets basic needs. All four of her children show signs …
Who cares about Animal Rights?
âAnimal rights are of no concern to me until human rights are abided byâ is the opinion of many, if not most, Egyptians. But what if people knew that sexual harassers, serial killers and child abusers all started off as animal offenders? Animal rights are an integrated part of human rights, as violence is a …
How to defeat bullying
By Dr Cesar Chelala For Iranian eight-year-old Mahan Rahimi life had become a torment. Because he was going bald due to an unknown illness, he was the target of unceasing bullying from his companions at school. He had become one of the millions of children and adolescents who suffer the daily consequences of bullying throughout the …
Next president will need popular support to make difficult decisions: Mansour
Interim President Adly Mansour expresses doubt that reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood will occur
No Military Trials for Civilians rejects amendments to terrorism draft law
Opposition group says amendments only serve to âbeautifyâ military trials
EOHR calls for release of Maadi metro detainees
Organisation decries the continued preventative detention of 25 January anniversary detainees
Doctors strike for the third time in 2014
The Doctorsâ Syndicate will hold an extraordinary session of the general assembly within days
Israeli ministers harangue Kerry over boycott remark
Washingtonâs top diplomat also referred to âtalk of boycottsâ of Israel.
Baghdad attacks kill 16 as Iraq presses Anbar assault
The assassinations in particular harken back to Iraqâs brutal Sunni-Shiâa sectarian war which raged from 2006 to 2007, when corpses were often found abandoned on the streets, with the victimsâ bodies bearing signs of torture.
Al-Qaeda disavows ISIL in Syria
Rebels have accused ISIL of seeking to consolidate power rather than fighting the regime, and even suggested the group was serving the regimeâs interests.
Egypt to try 5 Mossad agents
Israel foreign ministry ânot awareâ of allegations, described as âobviously preposterousâ
NSF decides to remain intact
The National Salvation Front says it has not decided on a presidential candidate to endorse
Khairat El-Shater, 17 others stand trial for âinciting violenceâ
The trial, featuring Brotherhood second-in-command, will take place in Moqattam
Mirai: Hot fusion, cool venue
Mirai offers an intriguing and tasty Thai-driven fusion of pan-Asian cuisine, with classy décor and service to boot.
Asliâs rebranded street food gets the job done
Asliâs food is not all exceptional but its prices and big menu will satisfy many customers.
Gunmen kidnap British national in Yemeni capital
AFP â Gunmen kidnapped a British oil-sector employee in the Yemeni capital on Monday, witnesses and an industry official told AFP, the second abduction of a foreigner in Yemen since Friday. âGunmen in a car kidnapped the British man at around 9.00am near a grocery store in Hada,â a tightly-patrolled district in central Sanaa, the …
When Egypt targets journalists, denial remains the name of the game
By Jonathan Moremi On 29 December, 2013, three journalists working for the Al Jazeera English TV channel in Egypt â the Cairo Bureau Chief Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian-Egyptian, Peter Greste, a renowned Australian journalist, and the Egyptian Producer Baher Mohamed â were arrested in their rooms of the Marriott Hotel in Cairo, their equipment was …
Op-ed review: Youths and the army
Six misguided groups and a surviving one Ezzedine Choukri Fishere Columnist Ezzedine Choukri Fishere wonders how it is possible that even though the majority of voters are made up of young people, they are not present in the political scene by running for parliament or the presidency. He writes that he found the answer to …
29 high school students among 114 detained on revolution anniversary: AFTE
AFTE calls on prosecutor general to release the “innocent” detained students
Update: British parliamentarians meet Al-Sisi, the Pope, among other top officials
Top Egyptian officials discuss developments inside Egypt and regional ones with the British delegation
Sabahy proposes national initiative
Hamdeen Sabahy’s “Egypt’s future” initiative consists of ten points calling for reform and transitional justice