torture

France’s Macron admits system of torture during Algeria war
Middle East

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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…
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