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Violations against detained students during examination: SAC
May witnessed 359 violations against students, according to Justice Center for Rights and Freedoms
More forced disappearance cases continue to surface
Numerous individuals have been taken without official arrest registration by security forces in the past two weeks
Clear escalation in enforced disappearances: Activists
Security forces in campaign of disappearances, arrests against people of all political leanings after 6 April calls for general strike and Arab Sharkas executions
Detention renewed for prominent Al-Azhar cleric
Al-Azhar cleric and his brothers are to be detained for 15 more days
Security forces ‘using sexual violence to crush, torture and humiliate’: FIDH
State-affiliated NCHR official confirms government’s “campaign of wide scale repression”
Cairo University student in coma dies after clashes with campus security
21-year-old suffered brain haemorrhage following pro-Morsi demonstration
At least 3 civilians killed in North Sinai road-side explosion
Bombing took place at same time Defence and Interior Ministers visit North Sinai’s security sites
Defence, interior ministers visit North Sinai’s security forces
Defence minister urges security forces to maintain vigilance and readiness to face potential threats
Egyptian journalists celebrate Press Freedom Day in detention
ANHRI condemns Beheira journalist’s arrest
Clashes break out between students, security forces in 6th of October City: SAC
The Interior Ministry could not confirm or deny this incident
In Pictures: Street vendors removed from Ramsis Square
Security forces removed street vendors from Ramsis Square early Sunday, deploying armed vehicles into the area. According to an eyewitness, vendors called upon thugs when the security forces first attempted to move them to the Ahmed Helmy bus stop. “Security forces started firing at them, and in seven minutes the area was clear,” he said. …
Street vendors removed from Ramsis Square
Eyewitness cited struggle between vendors and security forces
Court adjourns Air Defence Stadium trial to 18 May
16 fans and ‘Muslim Brotherhood members’ accused of rioting leading to deaths of 22 fans
UPDATE: North Sinai blast kills 6 military personnel: Army spox
Militant group State of Sinai claim responsibility for second attack of the week
Conscript injured in Suez shooting
Unidentified armed group opened fire on police patrol
Students protest ‘unjust executions’: SAC
Protests continue across different university campuses on Wednesday
Police officer killed, another injured in Matruh
“Intensified efforts” to capture assailants being implemented, says interior ministry
50 Fayoum University students arrested: Student groups
Ministry of Interior could not confirm reported arrests in Fayoum and Menufiya
UPDATE: Two policemen dead, 16 injured in Mahalla explosion
Explosion took place Friday evening in front of a bank
Interior Minister urges using machine guns against protesters in new leaks
Leaks of statements belittling Gulf States and Morsi’s military confinement declared genuine by top British forensic speech laboratory
Bassem Youssef set to star in secretly filmed documentary
Surgeon-turned-television presenter will star in “Tickling Giants” about free speech and satire in the Middle East
Football deaths renew spotlight on Egypt’s notorious security forces
By James M. Dorsey A stampede at a Cairo stadium earlier this month, much like a politically-loaded football brawl in the Suez Canal city of Port Said three years ago, is shining a spotlight on Egypt’s unreformed, unabashedly violent, and politically powerful police and security forces amid confusion over what precisely happened and how many …
Amnesty International calls for investigation of security officials
Despite incriminating evidence, Egyptian officials refuse responsibility for deaths of at least 22 fans last Sunday, says watchdog
Security violence has reached ‘unprecedented levels’: EIPR
Rights groups hold interior ministry accountable for deaths at Air Defence Stadium
When a night out for football in Egypt turned dark
Having friends over in Egypt, my home for over a year and a half now, is always both a great joy and bit of a hassle. What should and shouldn’t I show them to give them the best holiday and the best impression of Egypt? However, seven Dutch university friends proved to be an easy …
Air Defence Stadium ‘massacre’ sparks powerful reactions
Reactions focus on mourning, condemning excessive force by security
28 football fans killed in ‘deliberate massacre’: Ultras
State TV announced 22 were found dead following security dispersal
Security crackdown kills 20 ‘takfiris’ in North Sinai
Militants used bases to launch attacks against army and police, say security sources
Bomb dismantled in Alexandria
This is the latest of several bombs discovered lately across Egypt
Al-Arish residents to stand in solidarity with army
Many residents living near the area of Thursday’s attack on security facilities moved, says Al-Arish resident