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Latest in Tag: violence

Prosecution investigates another police killing of citizen
Family of Hussien Farghaly accuse police officers of torturing him to death, while police narrative claims he arrived “as a dead body” to the hospital

Prosecution issues more arrest warrants ahead of Monday’s protests
Security crackdown continues following dozens of arbitrary arrests and house raids

Two protesters killed during clashes with police in Damietta
Two police officers and another demonstrator were injured

Tha’era Arab women network launches Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh solidarity campaign
Police officer previously convicted of shooting Al-Sabbagh to death now facing re-trial, amid concerns of ‘evading accountability’

Court to issue verdict on policeman on 5 March
Suspect accused of first degree murder after shooting driver dead in Al-Darb Al-Ahmar

Resumption of parliamentary offices sees continued delays amid fierce debate, violence
The House of Representatives continued discussion of the regulatory chart that will facilitate the election of internal parliamentary committees in Tuesday’s session

Violence continues in Syria as world powers try to reach ceasefire agreement
Nearly 130 were killed in deadly attacks in Damascus and Homs

In Video: A Stand against all forms of violence against women
Video by Asmaa Gamal and Ahmed Hendawy Editing by: Omar Korashi

A year in the US: Social turmoil, violence and historic change
It’s been a year of violence, unrest and historic change for the United States – both at home and abroad. With a presidential election just around the corner, the country’s future course is far from settled.

Ethiopia violence is ‘internal affair’: Egypt
HRW cited 75 deaths after military forces fired at demonstrations

In Cartoon: Violence against women

In Cartoon: Egyptian police violence
By Ahmed Hassan

German politician: ‘France needs to investigate why its own citizens become so radical’
Following the terror attacks in Paris, German politician and Merkel ally Michael Fuchs urges France to examine the causes of Islamist violence on this week’s Conflict Zone with Tim Sebastian. In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead, a senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel conservative party urged France …

3 sentenced to death in absentia in ‘Imbaba violence’ case
Verdict is set to be issued on 13 December

Growing Egyptian support for Palestinian resistance movement
The current protest movement has the potential of turning into an intifada, says Palestinian historian

‘Insulting the army’ considered act of incitement in universities: Administrative Court
Laws contain ‘elastic’ articles, amenable to interpretations that expand authorities’ ability to dismiss students, lawyer says

Violence spirals in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast
As Turkey prepares to vote, municipalities in the predominantly Kurdish southeast have become the battlefields of a low-intensity war between soldiers and guerrillas. Locals say the region is sliding further into chaos. Inside the blackened city walls of Diyarbakir, the de facto capital of Turkey’s Kurdish southeast, burning barricades, Molotov cocktail-throwing youth and the shattering …

Trial for journalist shooting starts over a year later
48 Brotherhood members facing murder charges in Mayada Ashraf’s controversial killing case

Egypt’s students protest against education ministers
Demonstrations were held at the Press Syndicate one day after police attacked high school students’ rally, PhD and MBA holders’ burn certificates at another protest against cabinet

Prison verdicts issued in mass trial for church arson attack
Almost 120 defendants charged with the burning of St Mary’s Church in Sohag

Police exchange fire with unknown assailants on Fayoum highway
Four policemen were wounded in incident, transferred to hospital

Court sentences 2 to life in prison
Defendants were involved in violent events in Helwan

2 Ultras Rabaawi members handed death sentences
Defendant’s papers handed to Grand Mufti for consideration

Detainee dies in Fayoum police station
Family suspect torture, officials say Hamed’s health deteriorated in detention
Early Neolithic mass grave reveals new evidence of a violent age in Central Europe
It’s an age often described as one of social unrest, leading to an “apocalyptic nightmare of violence, warfare, and cannibalism.” A Neolithic mass grave in Germany shows the idea may not be far wrong. To call this piece of Early Neolithic detective work “challenging” is an understatement. But Christian Meyer and his fellow researchers now …

Al-Sisi passes amendments to Sinai development law
The law regulates the ownership and property rights of land and real estate in the region

61% of girls between 15-17 underwent FGM: Survey
The higher you go with age, the more cases you find of girls who have undergone FGM, says Coalition Against FGM director Randa Fakhr El-Din

Senior police officer, attacker die in Suez firefight
Violence comes to Suez despite high security levels along Suez Canal zone to maintain safe transit of trade

Fayoum shooting kills officer’s daughter, friend
Officer left uninjured, assailants still unknown, state media reports

Officer-turned-jihadist calls for war against Al-Sisi
Ashmawi’s call came in an audio message, according to SITE intelligence group