Latest in Tag: Justice Highlight
Latest in Tag: Justice

Eleven arrested for attacking FJP memberâs home
Protesters destroyed the main gate and two cars
Political Groups call for protests to support judiciary
Groups plan protests in all governorates as Morsi prepares for âJustice Conferenceâ

Court rules to prolong detention of 6 April members
Youth group set to appeal courtâs decision, believes the issue is political not legal

Alaa Abdel Fatah released
Crowds cheered as the blogger and activist was released Tuesday after turning himself in hours earlier

Profile: Hamada Al-Masry
Al-Masry was stabbed and taken to the police station by his assailants, who walked away free

Editor’s letter: On the interior and stability nonsense
A few months before the revolution’s spark ignited, I had two Palestinian friends working in the media visiting me in Cairo. The last time I had seen them before this was during an Arab summit in 2007 (we were working together back then). So, the three of us met at a fancy Mohandiseen flat they …

On the ICCâs Birthday: Give the Gift of Hope
By Judge Sang-Hyun Song, President of the International Criminal Court Ten years ago, history was made. On 1 July 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) emerged as the centrepiece of a new system of international justice, carrying the hope of a future free of impunity and mass atrocities. To turn this hope into a firm …

Mekki mandates judges to investigate police assault
Minister of justice responds to request filed by the National Council for Human Rights
From the other side
Confession, Apology, Compensation

Istanbul World Forum hosts international conference on justice
Secretary general of the Arab League says UN security council has denied Syrians justice.

Remembering the Maspero massacre: one year on
A closer look at the massacre, and the unserved justice

Ramlet Boulaq residents: We wonât leave and we wonât sell
The crisis of Ramlet Boulaq escalates

Families of Maspero victims seek justice
Maspero Youth Union considers lawsuit against state-owned newspaper
Controversy over capital punishment
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR) has called for a reconsideration of what crimes are subject to the death penalty, following the sentencing of 14 militants involved in attacks on security forces in north Sinai last year. The EOHR condemned the attackers and supported their facing trial, but it also called for a review …

Protesters arrested on anniversary of OWS
100 protesters march with $100 bills taped to their mouths, demanding money doesnât interfere with politics

Mekki asks to modify emergency law
The people refuse changes to emergency law

The fight for justice continues in Egypt
Movements created to help military detainees work together

UN’s attackers in Syria must face justice: Pillay
Navi Pillay calls for holding UN attackers accountable for their actions

Complaint brought against Al-Nas Channel
Al-Nas Channel being sued for allegedly attacking Copts

Mekki confronts backlash over emergency law proposal
Following his emergency law proposal, Mekki meets civil society and human rights organizations

Ramlet Boulaq: The battle for land
Contradicting notions of fear, thuggery, lack of justice, and luxury outline Ramlet Boulaq and its nearby Nile Towers

Dictatorship through democracy
New emergency law threatens to severely curb freedom
Review: âOffending the Presidentâ should not be an offence
After President Morsyâs decision to release chief editor of Al-Dostour newspaper Islam Afify from temporary detention, almost all opinion writers have criticised the President for not using his so-called powers to abolish all laws relating to âoffending the President of the republic.â Despite praising the move to release the editor, many writers have questioned why …

Public debt overshadows economic future
It is no secret that the job president-elect Mohamed Morsi has undertaken, reforming Egyptâs long stagnant economy into a working one, will be fraught with hardship.
Hurdles are ever-present, such as a tense relationship with the all-but-ruling military council and countless social problems.