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The military police assaulted volunteer doctors working at the field hospital in Tahrir Square, doctors have said. The doctors say the military told them it was helping the wounded. “The military police burnt our first aid kits,” said...
Members of the "Engineers against Sequestration" group on Wednesday filed a lawsuit, requesting the annulment of Engineers Syndicate elections results for purported excesses committed by Muslim Brotherhood candidates. Sources said the...
Engineers Syndicate elections are to commence for the first time in 17 years on Friday, for choosing the president, members of the governing board and branch executives. Thirty-one candidates are running for president and 209 for board seats. The...
Egyptian educational groups and unions called for mass protests next Saturday demanding the dismissal of Minister of Education Ahmed Gamal Eddin Moussa and purging the educational system of corrupt figures. The teachers urged political movements and...
An Egyptian lawyer on Thursday filed a complaint with Attorney General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud which accused the Minister of Information and a female state television presenter of inciting thugs to attack a peaceful Coptic protest Sunday evening. The...
Fifty-two education movements and associations announced Friday they would participate in a "teacher's demonstration" scheduled for next Wednesday, 10 September in front of the cabinet in Garden City. At the protest, teachers plan to...
Islamists on Thursday distributed leaflets calling for a “Million-strong Demonstration of Islamic Identity" this Friday. The fliers bore logos of Jama’a al-Islamiya, Salafi groups and the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo and Giza....
A number of Egyptian revolutionary groups and political powers have announced the formation of a council to protect the revolution. They said the council will work on suing officers accused of killing protesters during the January uprising, as well...
Egyptian human rights activists on Wednesday demanded that trials of police and those accused of corruption be broadcast on state television. On Tuesday, the Supreme Judicial Council issued a decision opening trials to the public and allowing them...
At a symposium held by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies on Sunday, secular groups argued with the Muslim Brotherhood as to whether Egypt's new constitution should be written before the upcoming parliamentary elections. “Writing...