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Cabinet orders formation of Higher Permanent Committee for Human Rights
Egypt
November 14, 2018
Cabinet orders formation of Higher Permanent Committee for Human Rights
The Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, ordered the formation of the Higher Permanent Committee for Human Rights, which…
Torn trousers for men violate Islamic teachings: Top Egyptian Islamic institution
Egypt
December 19, 2017
Torn trousers for men violate Islamic teachings: Top Egyptian Islamic institution
One of Egypt’s leading Islamic educational institutes and government bodies, Dar al-Ifta al-Miṣriyyah, which was founded to represent Islam and…
Committee to Protect Journalists names Egypt as third top jailer of journalists
Egypt
December 13, 2017
Committee to Protect Journalists names Egypt as third top jailer of journalists
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report released on Wednesday that for the second year…
Controversy flies on LGBT rights after rise of rainbow flag in concert
Features/Interviews
September 24, 2017
Controversy flies on LGBT rights after rise of rainbow flag in concert
The rainbow flag raised during Friday’s concert featuring Lebanese Indie rock band Mashrou Leila has stirred heated debate on social…
Only terrorists will be deprived of Egyptian nationality, not opponents: Interior Ministry’s official
Egypt
September 24, 2017
Only terrorists will be deprived of Egyptian nationality, not opponents: Interior Ministry’s official
The Interior Ministry will only remove the Egyptian nationality from any citizen who is proven to be member of a…
HRW considers Egypt’s media attacks on its report ‘misleading’
Egypt
September 18, 2017
HRW considers Egypt’s media attacks on its report ‘misleading’
The US-based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a video online Saturday decrying what it described as an unprecedented wave…
Egyptian woman comes out as lesbian in video, conservatism and LGBT rights in Egypt collide
Egypt
August 28, 2017
Egyptian woman comes out as lesbian in video, conservatism and LGBT rights in Egypt collide
A two minutes video circulated on social media a few days ago with the opening statement ‘Hi…I’m most hated lesbian…
National Authority of journalism releases recommendations to monitor false information
Egypt
July 30, 2017
National Authority of journalism releases recommendations to monitor false information
The National Authority of Journalism, assigned to supervise and administrate the state-owned press institutions, issued recommendations on Saturday aiming to…
Blocked news websites in Egypt go active at dawn, witness suspension in afternoon
Science
June 16, 2017
Blocked news websites in Egypt go active at dawn, witness suspension in afternoon
Several social media users and officials from a number of media outlets, that were recently blocked in Egypt, said in…
Sisi ratifies new law allowing state full control over NGO work in Egypt
Egypt
May 30, 2017
Sisi ratifies new law allowing state full control over NGO work in Egypt
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ratified on Monday a new law that is set to regulate the work of non-governmental organizations…