torture
France’s Macron admits system of torture during Algeria war
Middle East
September 14, 2018
France’s Macron admits system of torture during Algeria war
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday formally recognized the responsibility of the French state in the…
Arbitrary arrests, abuse the new norm in Nicaragua
World
August 10, 2018
Arbitrary arrests, abuse the new norm in Nicaragua
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The 21-year-old agricultural economics student, nearly two months pregnant, had hoped to escape Nicaragua with her…
Police Chief in custody after death of defendant in police station
Egypt
June 26, 2018
Police Chief in custody after death of defendant in police station
The West Cairo prosecution on Monday issued an order that the head of the Hadayek al-Qubba’s police station be…
Trump’s pick for new CIA chief dogged by secret prisons
World
March 14, 2018
Trump’s pick for new CIA chief dogged by secret prisons
Gina Haspel, the veteran CIA undercover officer President Donald Trump picked on Tuesday to head the agency, is supported by…
Egypt to monitor media outlets for ‘false news’ after ‘inaccurate’ BBC report
Egypt
February 28, 2018
Egypt to monitor media outlets for ‘false news’ after ‘inaccurate’ BBC report
Egypt’s Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek ordered on Wednesday prosecution lawyers across Egypt to monitor media outlets and social media platforms to…
‘Forcibly disappeared’ woman from BBC report appears on TV
Egypt
February 27, 2018
‘Forcibly disappeared’ woman from BBC report appears on TV
A young Egyptian woman which a recent BBC report alleged had been “forcibly disappeared” in Egypt appeared on television on…
BBC report on human rights in Egypt is ‘baseless’ and ‘false’: SIS
Egypt
February 26, 2018
BBC report on human rights in Egypt is ‘baseless’ and ‘false’: SIS
In response to a recent visual and written BBC report entitled ‘The shadows over Egypt’, which addresses the country’s human…
Italian prosecutor says Regeni murdered for his Cairo research
Egypt
January 26, 2018
Italian prosecutor says Regeni murdered for his Cairo research
An Italian prosecutor said on Thursday that graduate student Giulio Regeni, who was kidnapped and murdered in Cairo two years…
Grandparents shocked by reports of 13 starved grandchildren
World
January 18, 2018
Grandparents shocked by reports of 13 starved grandchildren
The grandparents of 13 starved and tortured children say their son’s family looked happy and healthy when they last visited…
Cambridge University defends actions of tutor in Regeni case
Egypt
January 18, 2018
Cambridge University defends actions of tutor in Regeni case
Britain’s Cambridge University rejected on Wednesday any suggestion that one of its tutors might have been implicated in the death…