Egypt
Sunday updates: Tear gas fired in Tahrir Square, police beat and arrest protesters
November 20, 2011
Sunday updates: Tear gas fired in Tahrir Square, police beat and arrest protesters
3:45 am: Ahmed Ragheb, head of the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, says that dead bodies are still arriving at the…
Coptic movements demand national salvation government
November 20, 2011
Coptic movements demand national salvation government
Coptic movements on Sunday condemned security forces' violent attempt to disperse a sit-in organized by unarmed protesters and victims of…
Journalists Syndicate denounces assaults on media during clashes
November 20, 2011
Journalists Syndicate denounces assaults on media during clashes
The Journalists Syndicate's board has severely criticized police assaults on journalists, photographers and other members of the media covering the…
Activist accuses ‘Interior Ministry snipers’ of killing Alexandria protester
November 20, 2011
Activist accuses ‘Interior Ministry snipers’ of killing Alexandria protester
A rights activist on Sunday accused "Interior Ministry snipers" of killing Bahaa al-Sonousy, an activist who was taking part in…
State TV website hacked, message posted criticizing bias
November 20, 2011
State TV website hacked, message posted criticizing bias
Hackers attacked the website of Egypt's state TV on Sunday to protest what they called its biased coverage of the…
Political forces vow to resume revolution
November 20, 2011
Political forces vow to resume revolution
Two Egyptian political groups have vowed to resume the 25 January revolution following clashes between protesters and security forces in…
Cabinet holds urgent meeting on Cairo clashes
November 20, 2011
Cabinet holds urgent meeting on Cairo clashes
Egypt's interim cabinet held an urgent meeting Sunday presided over by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf to discuss recent clashes in…
Activists flock to Tahrir Square to protest against military rule
November 20, 2011
Activists flock to Tahrir Square to protest against military rule
Activists continued to flock to Tahrir Square on Sunday to protest against the mismanagement of the transitional phase and return…
Interior Ministry: 45 arrested in downtown Cairo clashes
November 20, 2011
Interior Ministry: 45 arrested in downtown Cairo clashes
Forty-five "rioters" were arrested in the Saturday clashes that broke out between protesters and security forces in downtown Cairo, Egypt's…
Revolution Youth Coalition demands dismissal of Sharaf’s cabinet
November 20, 2011
Revolution Youth Coalition demands dismissal of Sharaf’s cabinet
The 25 January Revolution Youth Union demanded on Sunday the dismissal of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's cabinet and the formation of a…