Latest in Tag: massacre Highlight
Latest in Tag: massacre
2 journalists investigated over âfalse newsâ in Port Said massacre case
Week witnessed increased targeting of journalists in publishing crimes
Cassation Court upholds final death sentences in Port Said stadium massacre case
The court approved the death sentences of 10 defendantsÂ
Five Ultras Ahlawy members imprisoned for 15 days pending investigationsÂ
The suspects were arrested on Sunday from their homes during security raids, the Ultras Ahlawy group Facebook page reported
2 Kerdasa-related trials postponed to December
Court imprisons four witnesses for false testimonies in police massacre
âUsâ v âthemâ
It has been just over three years since the dispersal of the Rabaa Al-Adaweya and Nahda sit-ins. It has been over three years since one of the biggest state perpetrated and sanctioned massacres in modern human history, as described by Human Rights Watch, and unless you marked the day of the anniversaryÂâ14 Augustâyou probably haven’t …
Al-Zamalek fans commemorate victims of Air Defence stadium massacre
Zamalek Chairman Mortada Mansour was the prime target of chants and signs from the fans, who since last year have been adamant in blaming Mansour for plotting the âmassacreâ
Arrests follow mass grave claims in Kenya
Four politicians have been arrested after claiming that mass graves had been found in northern Kenya. The claims were later retracted but the four now face possible charges for inciting violence.
Morsi to testify from prison cell in âPort Said prison clashesâ case
Court sentenced one defendant Sunday to five years in prison in the âPort Said massacreâ case
Court acquits 5 defendants in âPort Said massacreâ trial
Over 70 young football fans were killed in clashes back in 2012
In memory of Srebrenica: An endless dispute
By Maydaa Abou Nadr It all started in early 1992. A year after the secession of Croatia and Slovenia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991, the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina requested its independence. At the time, Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided as follows:Â Muslim Bosniaks represented 44% of the community; …
âThe Republican Guardâ incident: Ambiguity remains 2 years later
The sit-in was to protest the military ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi on 3 July 2013.
Court adjourns Air Defence Stadium trial to 13 June
The session witnessed delay, relatives were prevented from entering
Court sentences 5 to death in Kerdasa police killings
Judge Nagy Shehata sentenced 183 of 188 defendants to death in February in same case
Al-Masry fans protest Port Said Massacre trial death sentences
Protesters claimed sentenced fans âscapegoatsâ
Leftist party denounces police âcrimesâ
Brutal police tactics encourage terrorism and increase polarisation, according to official statement
Testimony of Air Defence Stadium killings: Romany Samirâs delay saved his life
âSecurity deliberately let crowds suffocate, attacked them, sat back and watched. I was not searched and there were about 30,000 in the stadium,â says witness
Air Defence Stadium ‘massacre’ sparks powerful reactions
Reactions focus on mourning, condemning excessive force by security
âPort Said Massacreâ retrial postponed to 9 February
Charges are hypothetical and imaginary, says defence
Dutch citizens file case against Egyptian interior minister
Lawyer expresses confidence in evidence available to prosecute Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim over crimes against humanity
The ‘revolution’ continues: Massacres, violence and counting deaths
âSo when people ask me how Iâm doing⊠how am I supposed to respond? How am I supposed to feel? What exactly am I supposed to tell them about? About the death that we saw for thirteen consecutive hours? About the day that passed by as if it were a thousand years? About the man …
HRW to release report on Rabaa, despite denial of staffâs entry into Egypt
This is the first time ever for HRW staff to be refused entry into Egypt, including during Mubarakâs regime
Egypt denies Human Right Watch heads entry ahead of Rabaa report
Hundreds of people were killed during the dispersal of pro-Morsi protest last year
Rising from the ashes
Twenty years after genocide, Rwanda makes huge development strides
Court orders retrial in Port Said “football massacre”
Aswat Masriya – Egypt’s Court of Cassation accepted on Thursday appeals by the prosecution and defendants in the 2012 Port Said football massacre case and ordered a retrial. The court rejected the appeals of eight defendants on procedural grounds, as they are still being retried after they have received verdicts in absentia before turning themselves …
Ultras Ahlawy member released
Attempts to fabricate the events of Port Said will fail, the group says
Ultras Ahlawy member arrested
Ahmed Idrees is arrested for “assaulting Al-Masry fans”
Zagazig engineering student strike continues, demos in different faculties
Muslim Brotherhood students commemorate 100 days since âRabaa massacreâ
Maspero march prevented from entering Tahrir Square
A march held to commemorate victims of ‘Maspero massacre’ allegedly stopped by security forces from entering the square
The politics of remembering death
A group of peaceful protesters marched, and were set upon by official state forces â at the end of the violence, 28 people were dead, and more than 200 people were injured. At the time, human rights activists insisted that not only should an investigation take place into the killings: but that it should be …
Calls for retribution on second anniversary of âMaspero massacreâ
Political movements call for trials of those responsible for the killings; protests and prayers organised