Latest in Tag: Emergency Highlight
Latest in Tag: Emergency
State of emergency and curfew imposed
President authorises armed forces to assist police in maintaining security
Morsi: There is no alternative to dialogue
President Mohamed Morsi will attend the next session of a national dialogue next week
Review: Commentaries denounce Morsy’s call for dialogue
After President Mohamed Morsy met with a number of politicians in a new round of dialogue talks, several opinion writers have denounced the move, believing it is another failed attempt at fruitless dialogue. Replacing the cabinet is the first solution Diaa Rashwan Al-Masry Al-Youm Rashwan believes that the only way out of this crisis …
Curfews reduced in canal governorates
Ismailia and Suez reduce curfew as situation in Port Said remains unchanged
Conjuring the demon
Morsy, you are now face to face with those who have lost everything, including their hope for a better future and their faith in you
Review: Columnists criticise presidency and violence
Opinion writers have condemned the presidency for its passive reaction towards the violence that continues to take place in many Egyptian cities. Although President Mohamed Morsy has called for dialogue with a number of political figures after addressing the nation in a televised speech on Sunday evening, more than one writer has placed the full …
Iraq president in ‘stable’ condition after emergency
Talabani stable after having suffered from a stroke
Israel imposes 48 hour border closure for Yom Kippur
Gaza and West Bank borders closed for Yom Kippur but humanitarian and medical emergency services will be allowed through.
Human Rights Corner: When reason fails, who pays the price?
The film and the events that followed have opened up several issues worth contemplating and debating
Building collapses in Shobra, kills eight
Eight dead, eleven injured during the four-floor building collapse
Review: Columnists debate emergency law, Coptic community and Tahrir Square
Across different Egyptian newspapers, columnists have tapped upon various issues that relate to Mohamed Morsy’s rule. Some writers have condemned the debate over female circumcision; others criticise proposals of the new Justice Minister to reinstate the long-lived emergency law. On another note, some commentators discussed how the deteriorating Tahrir Square is calling upon Egyptians to …
Mekki confronts backlash over emergency law proposal
Following his emergency law proposal, Mekki meets civil society and human rights organizations
Dictatorship through democracy
New emergency law threatens to severely curb freedom
Hospital security continues to crumble
Doctors unable to treat patients at public hospitals for fear of safety
A second building in Alexandria collapses
A mother and her two daughters die after their one story building crumbles