Latest in Tag: violence Highlight
Latest in Tag: violence
Facts about International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
About 750 million females married before 18th birthday in 2017, says UNICEF
The world continues to economically suffer from violence: IEP
The economic impact of violence on the global economy in 2016 amounted to $14.3tr
55 defendants sentenced to 15 years in violence related case
The court fined all the accused with a total amount of EGP 340,000
Ultraconservative Islamist party starts initiative to stop violence in Sinai
The initiative proposes ending both militant and security-led attacks
Consumer Protection Agency prevents campaign promoting violence against women
The campaign originally aimed to share female stories of success and breaking social taboos, yet their teaser ads caused a wave of criticism
Grindel: Germany needs ‘fundamental debate’ on football violence
After the shocking attacks on RB Leipzig fans in Dortmund on Saturday, German FA chief Reinhard Grindel has called for an urgent change to Germany’s football culture. Grindel wants to see an “uprising of the decent.”A number of Leipzig fans and four police officers were injured when Dortmund supporters pelted visiting fans with stones and …
Giza Criminal Court hands death penalty to 2 members of Al-Warraq terrorist cell
The court also sentenced two other members to five years in prison and acquitted one defendant
Nine people arrested in Alexandria on charges of forming a terrorist cell
The Interior Ministry claims the suspects are affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood
Police arrest 20 from Sohag village following protest over recent kidnappings
The protest was dispersed by force, while residents of the village insist they were trying to draw attention to the kidnapping
Violence against women: hesitant legislatures and societal obstacles
The world is celebrating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women through the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. Just a week ago, 15-year-old Reem Magdy, Egypt’s wrestling world champion, left this world after her father beat her, pushing her to jump out of a fast-moving car and die on …
Prisoners continue to die in detention centres as Interior Ministry inaugurates ‘mobile police station’
In the last four days, three prisoners have died in detention amid silence from the ministry and media
The back and forth movement of democracy and violence between Arab countries and the west
Democracy and violence have disparate missions and routes that are not comparable. Yet, this reality should not keep us from admitting that while western countries, led by the United States, have failed to promote the spread of democracy to the Arab World, a small number of Arab terrorists have successfully managed to extend their violent …
Court postpones Facebook, Twitter ban lawsuit
Social media websites incite violence, says lawyer
Police officer shoots microbus driver dead in Maadi
Driver allegedly refused to go out on a “work errand” with the officer; drivers stage strike following shooting
Egypt accuses Islamist youth group of destroying economy
Police propaganda newsletters recently announced the arrest of individuals accused of collecting foreign currency and trading in the informal market, following a steep increase in the US dollar exchange rate
State intransigence towards churches must be lifted: Maat
NGO calls for legal solutions to security, bureaucratic obstacles to licenses
Authorities keep turning their back on threats facing Egypt’s Copts: Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination
The NGO staged a protest Saturday demanding that victims of sectarian attacks be granted their rights
Zambia votes amid concerns over violence
Voters in Zambia are casting their ballot in a tightly contested presidential race. The Electoral Commission of Zambia, religious leaders and security chiefs have urged for calm during and after the vote.
In Cartoon: Amid fears of violence, the right wing makes headway in Europe
FEP drafts law on church construction
Question of church constructions stir several sectarian incidents
Denial, customary reconciliation cover up sectarian strife in Upper Egypt
Official statements imply blame on Coptic man who “attempted to build church” in private residence
Sectarianism in Upper Egypt defeats state unity
Ongoing tensions highlight deep-rooted conservatism; informal, temporary solutions over rule of law
EIPR warns of lack of state deterrent measures in sectarian strife cases
Condemning recent attack on Copts in Minya, EIPR claims 77 incidents of tension since 2011
‘Heart attack’ kills man during arrest in Beheira
Police claims Hamed suffered a heart attack as he entered the police station; family accuses police of beating him to death
Kashmir remains tense after days of protests and clashes
Scores of people have been killed and injured in Indian-administered Kashmir in recent days as protests rocked the state following the death of a young militant commander. Zahid Rafiq reports from Srinagar.
Detention renewed for 19 defendants in Minya sectarian strife
The prosecution also ordered the arrest of another 3 suspects.
ECHR calls on government to take serious action against sectarian strife
Absence of law to combat such cases led to their reoccurrence, says ECRS
Aiming to end the circle of violence, UNICEF launches its latest campaign to save children
Parents’ disciplinary practices are due to the violence they have been subjected to themselves, says representative
25 suspects referred to prosecution following new sectarian strife in Minya
Violence erupted in the village of Koum Al-Loufy after residents circulated “rumours” of a church being built; four houses owned by Copts were set on fire
S. African broadcaster in censorship battle
A simmering row at public broadcaster SABC could soon boil over into renewed protests. Just weeks before crucial polls, journalists, civil society, and trade unions accuse SABC of political meddling and censorship.