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Clashes break out between students, security forces in 6th of October City: SAC
The Interior Ministry could not confirm or deny this incident

‘Bring back expelled students’: AFTE campaign
Expulsion of students for engaging in political activities is a major violation for Egyptian universities, group says

13 students arrested during clashes at Cairo University
Yahia Al-Ghozlan, son of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohmoud Al-Ghozlan, was among those arrested during Sunday’s clashes

Clashes break out at Cairo University
Some people were walking outside university gates with melee weapons, says eyewitness

Second month of academic semester sees military tribunals and a sit-in
Storming campuses and dispersing student activities, says AFTE report

More students sentenced to 3-5 years in prison by military court
10 Ain Shams University students sentenced in absentia to life

The Al-Sabbagh killing case, as it happened
17 accused in Protest Law, defence will see investigations’ for first time in court

53 defence lawyers now involved in Al-Sabbagh killing case
17 accused in Protest Law, defence will see investigations’ for first time in court
Cairo University metro blast injures 8
Four policemen and four civilians were wounded Saturday

Photojournalist Gamal Ziada starts hunger strike in prison
Previous strike lasted for 98 days, says brother

‘I have been under torture for 3 days’: Photojournalist Gamal Ziada
Defence lawyer optimistic about progress in court case

Students protest ‘unjust executions’: SAC
Protests continue across different university campuses on Wednesday

50 Fayoum University students arrested: Student groups
Ministry of Interior could not confirm reported arrests in Fayoum and Menufiya

Photojournalist Gamal Ziada writes from inside prison
“The three encounters with the police officer who ruined my life forever,” letter reads

Violations, activities decreased in second academic semester: AFTE
Violent protests and restrictions on activities are highlights of the first month of the semester

Student movements blame ‘current regime’ for postponement of union elections
Student Union elections have been delayed for two years, with the SCU further postponing them to next year

16 defendants face retrial in Cabinet Clashes case
Lawyers’ Syndicate boycott of case still ongoing, say defence lawyers
Prosecutor General orders release of 120 in temporary detention
Lawyers yet to confirm, say they do not have names
Minor clashes between students, security at Al-Azhar University in Assiut
Students marched into university campus, leaving gate burned

Minor clashes between students, security at Al-Azhar University in Assiut
Students marched into university campus, leaving gate burned
Military court to issue a verdict on 9 defendants in March
The prosecution added anonymous names to the case, defendants’ lawyer says

Students begin semester with protests
Falcon private security firm maintains strict security measures at university gates

Popular Alliance claim authorities banned Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh funeral
Al-Sabbagh’s death brings former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi back to forefront of political scene

Ongoing investigations into Al-Sabbagh’s death as interior ministry denies accusations
Testimonies point to violations by police that resulted in Al-Sabbagh’s death

Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh died near Tahrir of birdshot to the back: Forensic Authority
Socialist Popular Alliance, activists blame police for ‘excessive’ use of force

6 April, Brotherhood, SAC, Salafi Front, Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya to participate in 25 January demonstrations
On the 2011 revolution’s anniversary last year, 108 were killed, according to the independent statistics database Wiki Thawra

HRW lambasts Egypt’s prisons for deaths, torture
“Authorities are more aggressive when it comes to detained political activists,” says lawyer

More students sentenced as 25 January anniversary approaches
33 Al-Azhar students receive 1 year imprisonment; 6 female students to spend 15 days in detention pending investigations

Presidential pardon for some prisoners on 25 January anniversary
Conditions do not apply to ‘popular’ detained Protest Law activists

9 NGOs observe detained students taking exams
“An attempt to beautify ministry’s image,” says AFTE lawyer