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Latest in Tag: protests
Minya verdict âheinous crime unprecedented in historyâ: MB
Brotherhood hits back at judiciary over death sentence for 183 alleged Islamists
Public sexual assault: Why donât people intervene?
Some bystanders join the attackers instead of intervening, human rights advocates say
Anti-Coup Alliance calls for week of protests after Al-Sisiâs election
Statement calls for end of “60 years of military rule”
Amnesty International warns of Egyptian authoritiesâ plans to monitor social media
Human rights watchdog says mass surveillance of social media would “deal a devastating blow to the rights to privacy and freedom of expression in Egypt”
Misr Al-Qawia back activists’ hunger strikes
Protests against detainment of Elshamy and Soltan to be held over two days
Al-Qaeda urges Libyans to fight rogue general
AFP – Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb urged Libyans to fight a rogue general who is pressing an offensive against Islamist militias in the countryâs east, labelling him an âenemy of Islamâ. Last month, ex-general Khalifa Haftar unleashed forces from his so-called National Army on Islamist militias in Benghazi in a campaign dubbed âOperation Dignityâ. …
Turkey beefs up security on protest anniversary
Eight people died and thousands were injured in the heavy-handed police crackdown that ensued, as clouds of tear gas wafted through the much-loved park on Taksim Square.
Amnesty campaigns for jailed Mansoura women
The women were sentenced to jail time by the Mansoura Criminal Court on 21 May
59 protesters arrested during Friday protests
Protests come following Al-Sisiâs election victory
âMorsi supporterâ sentenced to death for killing child in Alexandria
“Defendants shouted âvoidâ after hearing the verdict, which made the judge adjourn the session,” says EIPR lawyer
Democracy Index releases report on 2013 protests
Number of protests âreflects the failure of the [Egyptian] system to ensure economic and social rightsâ
Minor clashes erupt as Ain Shams students mourn colleague
Police car burned in Alexandria, Azhar students clash with security forces during Friday protests
Cairo Court for Urgent Matters upholds legality of police presence on campuses
SAC calls for protests at Ain Shams, Cairo universities
22 arrested during Friday protests
Clashes witnessed in Alexandria, Cairo and Fayoum
Al-Azhar expels 76 students
Expulsions for protesting come a month after 27 others expelled
Ministry of Interior kills leader of alleged âterrorist cellâ responsible for journalistâs murder
The cell, operating in east Cairo, planned further attacks
Morsi supporters in Egypt get up to 88 years for rioting
AFP – An Egyptian court sentenced 13 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi Saturday to prison terms ranging from five to 88 years for rioting, a judicial source said. They were accused of ârioting, sabotage and public order offencesâ in the southern towns of Samalut and Minya during protests against a bloody crackdown in …
Political parties, groups support calls to drop Protest Law
Many people have been arrested and sentenced to jail time under the controversial law
âWe are innocent of all forms and sources of violenceâ: Muslim Brotherhood
The organisationâs Secretary General says there is a media campaign to âdemoniseâ the Brotherhood
Sixty-one arrested during Friday protests
Ministry of Interior reports marches in Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Baheira, Minya, and Assiut
Four men detained for killing of Al-Dostour journalist
Journalists to strike on Friday
Are there serious doubts regarding the integrity of presidential elections?
Some friends and relatives are surprised at those who question the integrity of the coming elections and wonder why they keep raising doubts concerning their democracy. And if so, what is the available evidence that the elections will be conducted in an undemocratic atmosphere? The truth is, there is serious doubt-raising evidence concerning the coming …
In Pictures: Cairo University protests
By AbdelHalim H. AbdAllah Clashes erupted in Cairo University on Wednesday evening when hundreds of students from the universities of Cairo and Al-Azhar participated in a rally organised by Students Against the Coup (SAC). The protest reached the Faculty of Applied Arts, which is near the Giza Security Directorate, according to SAC female coordinator at Cairo University …
1,044 protests in February: Democracy Meter
Protesters included doctors, teachers, security workers and others
At least 1 dead in Friday clashes across Egypt
76 âriotersâ arrested, 5 police injured, interior ministry says
Crimea holds referendum to split from Ukraine
Ukraineâs new government and most of the international community except Russia have said they will not recognise a result expected to be overwhelmingly in favour of immediate secession.
Administrative security accuses SAC protesters of breaking into Ain Shams Faculty of Commerce
Students Against the Coup (SAC) protested Tuesday inside the building of the Faculty of Commerce at Ain Shams University. According to Ayman AbdAllah, head of the faculty’s security, the students broke the all the locks of the faculty building, adding that administrative security had locked the doors of different faculties along with the main gates …
Faculty members at multiple universities express solidarity with suspended teaching assistant
The teaching assistant was notified last week of a three-month suspension pending investigations
Venezuelan students gear up for new rally
This olive branch came even though Venezuela last week announced the expulsion of three US diplomats on grounds they were conspiring with student protesters.
Prosecutor refers 504 defendants from Augustâs Ramses clashes to trial
Defendants are charged with premeditated murder, attempted murder for terrorist purposes, inciting violence last August