Egypt Must Explain the Death of Ayman Ramzy in Police Custody
By Coptic Solidarity – Ayman Ramzy Boutros died in police custody after spending nearly four weeks in detention at Cairo’s El-Sahel Police Station. Arrested on 3 June, he died [...]
Egypt Security forces crack down on refugees protesting violence, harassment
By Hadeer El-Mahdawy – Mada Masr Security forces used batons and water cannons to disperse a protest by refugees in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 6th of [...]
Blasphemy Convictions Intensify in Sisi’s Egypt
By Raymond Ibrahim – Despite Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s many pluralistic words and gestures, which have won him much praise from the nation’s Christians and moderates, he [...]
Egypt policeman jailed for life for killing rickshaw driver
By BBC News – An Egyptian policeman has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting dead a Cairo rickshaw driver during an argument over a fare. Police Sergeant Mostafa Abdel Haseeb shot [...]
Giulio Regeni murder: Family in Italy expects Egypt answers
By Julian Miglierini – BBC News – The family of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni are waiting for Egyptian police and prosecutors to travel to Rome, in what they hope will mark a [...]
The Islamic State claims responsibility for the Brussels attacks
By James McAuley, Michael Birnbaum and Brian Murphy – The Washington Post – Three terrorist blasts rocked the Belgian capital Tuesday, leaving more than 30 people dead at the Brussels [...]
Egyptian government policy statement to be delivered Sunday as scheduled: Minister
Ahram Online – Egypt’s Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Magdi El-Agati said Monday that Prime Minister Sherif Ismail would deliver his government’s first policy statement [...]
Egypt: ‘IS attack’ kills 13 policemen in Sinai
BBC News – The Islamic State (IS) group has said it carried out an attack that killed at least 13 policemen in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula. A mortar attack hit a checkpoint in the [...]
