Assiut
14 arrested following clashes with police in Assiut
Egypt
April 3, 2012
14 arrested following clashes with police in Assiut
Police authorities in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut have arrested 14 protesters, following clashes outside the local security directorate…
April 6 activist detention extended on accusation of anti-govt intent
Egypt
March 8, 2012
April 6 activist detention extended on accusation of anti-govt intent
The public prosecutor in Assiut on Wednesday extended the detention of an April 6 Youth Movement activist who is accused…
People with disabilities stage protests in Assiut demanding jobs
Egypt
February 26, 2012
People with disabilities stage protests in Assiut demanding jobs
Scores of people with disabilities staged protests in the Upper Egyptian city of Assiut Sunday, demanding jobs and threatening to…
15 kg tumor removed from Assiut resident’s abdomen
Egypt
February 20, 2012
15 kg tumor removed from Assiut resident’s abdomen
A tumor weighing 15 kg was successfully removed on Monday from the abdomen of an Assiut Governorate resident by a…
Female employees in Assiut harassed while protesting
Egypt
February 7, 2012
Female employees in Assiut harassed while protesting
Dozens of female government employees in Assiut Governorate in Upper Egypt were harassed by passersby Tuesday when they tried to…
Original owners try to violently reclaim NDP building in Assiut
Egypt
January 31, 2012
Original owners try to violently reclaim NDP building in Assiut
A throng of armed men stormed the headquarters of the defunct National Democratic Party building in downtown Assiut and occupied…
Attempt to burn down police station in Assiut
Egypt
January 25, 2012
Attempt to burn down police station in Assiut
Police in the city of Abu Teeg in Assiut Governorate said Wednesday they thwarted an attempt to burn the city's…
Assiut protestors boycott elections over gas cylinder shortage
Egypt
January 10, 2012
Assiut protestors boycott elections over gas cylinder shortage
The ongoing butane cylinder crisis escalated to clashes involving firearms in Ismailia and a boycott of elections in Assiut on…
Zomor: Sadat’s assassination ‘preamble to revolution’
Egypt
January 7, 2012
Zomor: Sadat’s assassination ‘preamble to revolution’
The assassination of former President Anwar al-Sadat was a preamble to the 25 January revolution in Egypt, Tarek al-Zomor, a…
Assiut citizens once again suffer from butane shortages
Egypt
January 2, 2012
Assiut citizens once again suffer from butane shortages
Hundreds of citizens in several Upper Egyptian cities in Assiut Governorate blocked the agricultural road and the railway line on…