Latest in Tag: protest Highlight
Latest in Tag: protest
In Pictures: Islamist parties gather at Rabaa mosque
Groups aim to demonstrate support for President Mohamed Morsy and press for ‘yes’ in constitution referendum
Rival groups to rally on Tuesday
Islamist and opposition forces will demonstrate the same day
Review: Millioneya marches and Morsy’s (old) declaration
Before President Mohamed Morsy had issued a new constitutional declaration to repeal his old one, columnists continued to analyse the “million-man” marches that were organised in front of the presidential palace. Other writers denounced Morsy’s authoritarian approach in curtailing the judiciary. A president for the whole group Amr Al-Shobaki Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper President Morsy’s …
Kuwait opposition to camp outside parliament
Thousands of opposition supporters demonstrated on Saturday, demanding fresh elections on the basis of the previous law followed by dialogue with the government on reforms
In Pictures: President Mohamed Morsy leaves the palace ahead of clashes
President Mohamed Morsy left the palace ahead of clashes between his supporters and opponents. The rival camps clashed on side streets near the palace in the upscale Cairo neighbourhood of Heliopolis.
One killed as police fire on Bangladesh protest
About 20 policemen were also injured in the clashes
Embrace each other ya Egyptians
By Hussein Abdrabbu The political scene in Egypt has become increasingly hazy since President Morsy’s recent constitutional declaration, as both liberals and Islamists have been competing on the national stage, drawing millions of supporters to Tahrir Square and near Cairo University. All the while any form of meaningful dialogue between the two sides has yet …
From the other side
Suharto in Cairo
Protesters attacked by people wielding machetes
Clashes continued on Saturday
Rally supporting Morsy postponed
The decision was taken because the party doesn’t want any Egyptian blood to be shed anymore, says FJP spokesperson
All for the greater good
It is all for the greater good. The deaths and the injuries, the blinded and the crippled are a small price to pay.
Review: Op-eds analyse Morsy’s new constitutional declaration
Columnists continue to dissect Morsy’s recent constitutional declaration that some say sets the president up as a modern day pharaoh. Many writers believe his move was planned as revenge on the judiciary. Others believe he merely needed to reinstate the power of the office of the president after some political powers had refused to negotiate …
Tahrir vendors
Vendors still supply protesters with any sustenance they may need
Review: Columnists debate new constitutional declaration and Mohamed Mahmoud protests
After President Mohamed Morsy granted himself sweeping new powers in a constitutional declaration on Thursday, columnists were divided for and against this bold move. On a related note, continuing clashes in Mohamed Mahmoud Street occupy more than one writer. Many commentaries denounce the clashes as meaningless, describing protesters as “thugs”. The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas …
NGOs reject draft constitution
Over two hundred NGOs join campaign
Groups voice anger in front of Shura Council
Protesters raised various issues, such as the constitution, press freedoms and housing
Underground music protest
The protest lasted until 5.30pm, when a committee from the union and Mohamed El Sawy came to talk to the protestors. “We then went inside the River Hall where we held a discussion where everyone could have their questions answered. The union proposed a few measures to help underground musicians integrate within its system,” said Ismael.
Protest calls for Morsy to take a stand on violence in Myanmar
March stopped by police 100m from its goal
Thousands of protesters in Tahrir call for Shari’a Law
Chants in Tahrir call for an Islamic constitution
Play proceeds despite censors’ concerns
Although they were called to remove scenes which criticised the current regime, Aasheqeen Torabek opened without any changes
All quiet in the Sinai as military intensifies security
Peninsula covered in military units from the north and police in the south
Egyptians demonstrate at Saudi embassy
Family members demand release of Egyptian prisoners
Satirical play targeted by censors
Concerns over freedom of expression in Egypt rise
Kuwait hit by Arab spring
The Arab world was taken by surprise when 150,000 or so Kuwaitis took the small country’s streets in protest on 21 October. The protest was mobilised against a new electoral law designed to reduce opposition, which was passed by the emir without parliamentary approval (as parliament was dissolved). The Kuwaiti political experience is regionally exceptional …
In memoriam Essam Atta
In memory of Essam Atta, the driver allegedly tortured and killed by the police, activists held a protest calling for abolishing torture in Egyptian prisons on Saturday night in downtown Cairo, on Mansour street.
Protest planned for underground music still on
The protest was initiated after the music syndicate cracked down on those playing without syndicate ID cards
Retired military personnel protest unfair treatment
Demand equal pensions and health insurance
In pictures: Demonstration and prayer in Tahrir square
Politics infuses Eid prayers on Tahrir Square
Palestinians in flash mob demonstration at settler supermarket
Waving dozens of Palestinian flags and banners in English and Arabic reading “Boycott occupation and its products” they pushed their way into the shop where they shouted slogans.
Nile University case postponed again
Administrative court’s verdict due in November