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Latest in Tag: killings

Prominent Brotherhood member killed after reportedly being arrested
Former member of the Guidance Bureau Mohamed Kamal was reportedly arrested Monday night, and announced dead by the police Tuesday morning

From disappearance to death: the cases of Ahmed Kamal and Mohamed Al-Shafey
The two students were allegedly arrested by the police and then found dead, families say

Egyptian rights’ groups address UN high commissioner with recommendations
Report concerns various freedoms, demands legislative improvements according to international standards

Extra-judicial execution? The story of the Fayoum Five
“I have four sons and now they will all grow up to be martyrs”

Coptic coalition demands Maspero killings case reopening
27 Copts were killed in 2011, two Copts and three soldiers were convicted

Leading militant receives 2nd death sentence
9 defendants referred to Mufti for inciting against police and army

Airstrikes hit 3 coastal Libyan cities
Egypt and Libya coordinated attacks, says Libyan Air Force commander

Ultras deaths caused by ‘excessive shoving’: Forensic Medicine Authority
Authority cites crowding, shoving as “only” cause of death in Air Defence Stadium drama, state-media reports

Testimony of Air Defence Stadium killings: Romany Samir’s delay saved his life
“Security deliberately let crowds suffocate, attacked them, sat back and watched. I was not searched and there were about 30,000 in the stadium,” says witness

Prosecution releases 18 Zamalek fans, detains 3
Club and football association presidents will be summoned to investigations, says lawyer

Political parties blame Muslim Brotherhood, security forces for fans killings
Security forces excessive use of power, political parties and groups claim

Narratives of the Air Defence tragedy
Ultras group accuse security forces and club president, state orders fan arrest

28 football fans killed in ‘deliberate massacre’: Ultras
State TV announced 22 were found dead following security dispersal

Policemen kill citizens in Giza, Menufiya
Controversy over death of detainee in Cairo police station
In Pictures: Families of Sinai attack victims attend military funeral at Almaza military airport in Cairo
Militant group ‘State of Sinai’ claimed the most recent North Sinai attack that took place Thursday evening, targeting military and interior ministry facilities, in a Friday statement providing details about the implementation of the attack. High profile officials gathered at the Almaza military airport Friday to attend the funeral of a number of the deceased. Daily New Egypt documented some moments …

‘State of Sinai’ claim hundreds of killings in Sinai attacks
Numbers will not be announced, says military spokesman

Morsi still defiant in first speech of espionage trial
Former president accuses SCAF of killing protestors in 2011 uprising

Central African Republic: killings in the time of transition
Peace eludes nation in a rocky political transition

Murder of Palestinian teen, Abu Khudeir, condemned
HRW describes Israeli military actions in the West Bank following the kidnap and murder of three Israelis as amounting to “collective punishment”

Cabinet mourns killing of 6 border guards
The military says six border guards were killed at the hands of smugglers and outlaws
Cassation Court postpones Port Said trial
48 defendants appeal their initial sentence to the Cassation Court

What’s behind the Nairobi and Peshawar attacks?
By Akbar Ahmed Washington, DC – The outrageous killings at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya and the All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan last month once again prompted legitimate questions about what can be done to stop terrorist violence. While many commentators instinctively pointed to an Islamic motif in the attacks, the perpetrators …
Hezbollah is No Resistance
By Anno Bunnik Extremist movements and parties tend to disguise their true colours. The English Defence League, notorious for its racism, calls itself a ‘Human Rights’ Organisation. Dutch politician Geert Wilders, bent on banning the Quran, mosques and immigration, heads the ‘Freedom’ Party. Hezbollah, the self-proclaimed champion of Islamic ‘resistance’ is not alone in its …

UN Secretary General urges ElBaradei to “ensure protection” for all
Ki-Moon also spoke with the foreign ministers of Turkey, Qatar and the Arab league to discuss the political situation in Egypt