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Police disperse protests at Al-Azhar Girls University
Campus storming continues as students defy arrests and suspensions

Riot police storm university campuses as SAC promise ‘student uprising’
Interior Ministry announces arrest of 29 students from several universities

University professors gain government assurances on new law
9 March movement vows to continue working to “defend the independence of universities and academic freedoms”

New student coalition demands more freedom and rights
Last week’s protests resulted in 35 students injured and over 150 arrested

SAC promise ‘student uprising’ due to increased campus security
Last week’s protests resulted in 35 students injured and over 150 arrested

Human rights groups condemn use of force by riot police in campuses
Students stage further protests in response to storming of Alexandria University

Security fire tear gas as students escalate protests
Police presence in campus receives widespread condemnation, campus security detain students

Student protests continue as security tightens
The SAC branch in Banha condemned the arrest of two students from the city’s university, promising more resistance.

Police forces to secure university campuses: Interior ministry
Total of 34 students suspended on charges of protesting inside campus

Tensions between students and security forces rise
Six Al-Azhar University students arrested, private security company clash with students, personnel withdrawn
12 students sentenced to 4 years in prison
Defendants found guilty of violating Protest Law
Court sentences 15 Azhar students to 4 years
The Nasr City Misdemeanours Court sentenced Wednesday 11 male and 4 female Al-Azhar University students to four years in prison over violating the Protest Law, the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) said in a statement. The court neither heard the witness testimonies nor allowed the defence team to make their pleas, according …
Prosecution releases 116 Protest Law detainees
Fayoum Court releases 10 detainees, refers 1 to Juvenile Court

Al-Azhar students sentenced to 5 years
49 detained students on hunger strike to demand freedom

University Students vow to return for more protests despite security threats
Securing the educational process appears an uphill battle in Egypt’s turbulent campuses

Cairo University professors protest against colleague’s arrest
Detained academics face charges of joining MB and attempting to overthrow the regime

Around 90 students expelled from Cairo University throughout past academic year
Most expelled students face prosecution for committing crimes, says university chairman

Court postpones AUC detainees ruling
Students were charged with belonging to a terrorist organisation, planning to kill a police officer, and blocking traffic

13 Al-Azhar students sentenced to 7 years for violence
27 students sentenced, 2 acquitted of violence at Al-Azhar University

AFTE’s appeal against Cairo University detainees refused
Forty-two students remain in custody

Interior ministry arrests student accused of leaking exam answers
Student allegedly used Facebook to transmit answers for matriculation exams

15 days handed to 3 groups of detainees
One group had their detention extended while the other was issued 15 days of detention after being arrested in Friday protests

Cairo University contracts armed forces to provide food for dormitories
Examinations resume at universities after one-week break for presidential elections

Al-Azhar expels 76 students
Expulsions for protesting come a month after 27 others expelled

Al-Nour Party, prosecutor general discuss “wrongly accused” detainees
A delegation, led by the party chairman, sought to follow up on interim President Adly Mansour’s January request to review the files of nonviolent arrestees

Cairo University bans 173 student activists from taking exams
The announcement comes on the heels of a Supreme Council of Universities decision to allow most detained students to take end-of-semester exams
In Pictures: Students Against the Coup protest at Ain Shams University
Photos by Mohamed Omar

Dutch youth debate Egypt issues, path to democracy
The following articles are written by groups of Dutch students as part of a yearly event for students in their last year of high school. This year, they focused on finding solutions for a more stable Egypt, under the banner “Egypt: the road to democracy”

Clashes erupt at SAC protest at Al-Azhar dorms
Student group had been protesting SCU Eight weeks long semester concludes the school year and upset students
Security forces disperse student protest at Al-Azhar University: SAC
Two protests were organised by male and female students on Wednesday by Students Against the Coup group (SAC) at Al-Azhar University. Sarah Youssef, SAC female spokesman, said Central Security Forces based in front of the administrative building on the male students’ campus dispersed the protest organised by the male students. Students were “arbitrarily arrested” students …