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Six arrested for allegedly forming ‘Etihad El-Garabea’ page on Facebook
Egypt
July 2, 2017
Six arrested for allegedly forming ‘Etihad El-Garabea’ page on Facebook
Six young people were arrested from Al-Azhar Park on Friday and handed a 15-day detention order on charges of forming…
Activist Aya Hegazy calls on Egyptian officials to clarify reasons for her detention
Egypt
May 26, 2017
Activist Aya Hegazy calls on Egyptian officials to clarify reasons for her detention
Egyptian-American activist and founder of Belady Foundation for street children, Aya Hegazy, called on Egyptian officials to make clear the…
Ousted Egypt president Mubarak freed from detention
Egypt
March 24, 2017
Ousted Egypt president Mubarak freed from detention
Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian autocrat toppled during the 2011 Arab Spring, was freed Friday from the military hospital where…
White House concedes it won’t close Guantanamo after all
World
January 18, 2017
White House concedes it won’t close Guantanamo after all
The White House said Tuesday that the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba will still be open when President Barack…
Turkey orders arrest of 9 newspaper staff, detains more pro-Kurdish officials
Middle East
November 5, 2016
Turkey orders arrest of 9 newspaper staff, detains more pro-Kurdish officials
Turkish authorities ordered the formal arrest of nine staff members of a leading opposition newspaper on Saturday and detained more…
Activists campaign against medical negligence in Egyptian prisons
Egypt
October 7, 2016
Activists campaign against medical negligence in Egyptian prisons
CAIRO, Oct 6 (Aswat Masriya) - Activists launched a campaign on social media shedding light on medical negligence in Egyptian prisons.Using…
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan detained at US airport
Cinema/TV
August 12, 2016
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan detained at US airport
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan took to Twitter Friday to express his annoyance at being detained by US airport immigration…
Australia blames refugee advocates after asylum seeker sets herself alight
World
May 3, 2016
Australia blames refugee advocates after asylum seeker sets herself alight
Australia blamed refugee advocates on Tuesday for "encouraging" asylum seekers held in remote camps towards acts of self-harm after a…
Australia’s asylum seeker detentions on PNG island ruled illegal
World
April 26, 2016
Australia’s asylum seeker detentions on PNG island ruled illegal
Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Australia's practice of detaining asylum seekers on PNG's northern Manus Island…
Custody extended for journalist Ismail Iskandarani
Egypt
January 12, 2016
Custody extended for journalist Ismail Iskandarani
Custody detention for freelance journalist Ismail Iskandarani was extended by 15 days on Monday over charges of affiliation with the…