Latest in Tag: Tahrir square Highlight
Latest in Tag: Tahrir square
Ministerial Committee for Tahrir Complex Development highlights project’s updates
Egyptian, foreign investors were invited to review ideas put forward to develop Tahrir Complex: Minister of Planning Hala El-Said
Misr for Sound & Light begins implementing the Tahrir Square lighting project
This comes in the framework of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s plan to develop Khedive Cairo, and the Prime Minister’s instructions to develop a vision for the development and revitalisation of Tahrir Square, Egypt’s most famous square, to become the most magnificent shrine within compared to other archaeological and tourist sites.
LIVE UPDATE 3: Police fire teargas to disperse protest in Al-Mesaha Square
The Dokki protest was dispersed with teargas just minutes after it had begun
In Video: Agriculture Ministry Employees protest in Tahrir Square
Video by Asmaa Gamal Editing by Omar Korashi
Initial reports suggest 60 arrested in 25 January anniversary
All over the country minor protests took place, leading to clashes with riot police, leaving dozens arrested.
In Pictures: 25 January 2016, Yet another militarised response to dissenting protest
Amid heavy security presence throughout the country, minor anti-government protests continue to be violently dispersed throughout Monday. No casualties have been reported at this time. Protesters affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood have taken to the streets in small groups in several governorates since Sunday night, defying security forces deployed throughout the country in anticipation …
In Video: Tahrir square on the 5th anniversary of revolution
Video by Ahmed Hendawy and Asmaa Gamal Editing by Omar Korashi
CSF Officer Yassin Salah gets 15 years: The full story
Al-Sabbagh lost her life, betrayed by those who vowed to protect it, says prosecution
Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh faced threats of kidnapping her 6-year-old son
“May God be with you”, Al-Sabbagh’s family tells officer’s family
The poor against Piketty
By Hernando de Soto Thomas Piketty’s, Capital in the 21st Century, has attracted worldwide attention, not because he crusades against inequality – many of us do that – but because of its central thesis; based on his reading of the 19th and 20th centuries: that capital “mechanically produces arbitrary, unsustainable inequalities” inevitably leading the world to misery, violence …
First trial session for 17 defendants in Al-Sabbagh case
Security forces harassed SPAP members and journalists in court
68 protesters fined EGP 50,000 each in 25 January anniversary trial
Protesters acquitted of Protest Law crimes subject to imprisonment
Court to issue verdict for 68 protesters on 31 March
Defence pleads not guilty to protest and illegal public assembly charges
Court resumes trial for 68 protesters arrested on 25 January
One defendant among injured of the Revolution in 2011, can’t see, says party member and activist
12 minors acquitted of charges among 25 January anniversary detainees
68 others await trial on Tuesday
Socialist Popular Alliance VP detained as suspect in Al-Sabbagh’s killing
“A police conspiracy to allow perpetuators to walk free,” says Al-Haqanya law centre
Mehleb inaugurates EGP 675m Tahrir garage
Garage is milestone in changing contours and shape of downtown and Tahrir Square, according to the prime minister
Tahrir and Abdel Moneim Riyadh squares, 4 years on
A flashpoint of protests during the 25 January Revolution, the squares are now silent
Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh died near Tahrir of birdshot to the back: Forensic Authority
Socialist Popular Alliance, activists blame police for ‘excessive’ use of force
Tahrir Square closed in anticipation of protests
Anti-Coup Alliance warn police of attacking protesters, army tightens security
Where is the Egyptian revolution?
Demands increase on each anniversary, as do calls against every new regime
Woman allegedly shot dead near Tahrir Square
Socialist Popular Alliance says party member died in ‘brutally dispersed’ protest
‘We are the solution’ initiative is positive step, lacks organisation: Ayman Nour
Morsi’s reign was part of a counterrevolution that started after Mubarak’s ouster, says liberal politician and former presidential candidate
Egypt between mediocrity and suspension of disbelief
By Wael Eskandar Very little has changed with regards to Egypt’s trajectory of descent into a social and political abyss ever since its security forces dispersed the Islamist sit-ins using great force and even much greater impunity. The slope of decline into a more oppressive police state has indeed been very slippery and while there’s …
6 April calls for protests against Mubarak verdict
New wave of protests under the name “Now is the time to go to the square”
ACA calls for million man march after Mubarak verdict
Alliance urges all Egyptians to continue mobilising in the streets
Thousands gather in Tahrir Square to protest Mubarak’s verdict
Security forces dispersed demonstrators with water cannons and teargas; many protesters arrested
Sexual harassment still pervasive in Egypt, despite new law
25 November is international day for the elimination of violence against women
Dozens arrested on Mohamed Mahmoud anniversary
Undercover agents wearing Guy Fawkes masks infiltrated protests and then suddenly began to arrest people, say eyewitnesses
One year after Rabaa dispersal, Egyptians wrangle psychological trauma
In the aftermath of violence, people are more prone to isolation, depression, sleep disorders or even substance abuse, experts say