Egyptian Interior Ministry
Matariya doctors threaten to submit mass resignations
Egypt
February 6, 2016
Matariya doctors threaten to submit mass resignations
Doctors at Matariya Teaching Hospital decided Friday to submit their resignation to the Minister of Health if alleged police assault on doctors…
Hospital remains closed to protest police officer assault: Doctors’ Syndicate
Egypt
February 4, 2016
Hospital remains closed to protest police officer assault: Doctors’ Syndicate
Cairo’s Matareya Educational Hospital will remain closed as doctors continue a strike denouncing an assault by a police officer on…
Italian student missing in Cairo found dead: security sources
Egypt
February 4, 2016
Italian student missing in Cairo found dead: security sources
An Italian student living in Cairo, who has been missing since January 25, was found dead on the Cairo-Alex Desert…
Lawyer says victim of suspected enforced disappearance found dead
Egypt
February 1, 2016
Lawyer says victim of suspected enforced disappearance found dead
An activist lawyer reported that a missing victim of enforced disappearance allegedly taken by security authorities has been found dead. Halim…
Police officer killed in Haram gun attack
Egypt
February 1, 2016
Police officer killed in Haram gun attack
One police officer was killed early Monday when unknown attackers opened fire at a police checkpoint in Haram street, Giza. A…
Egypt says made no arrests in connection to Russian plane crash
Egypt
January 31, 2016
Egypt says made no arrests in connection to Russian plane crash
Egypt's interior ministry denied on Saturday making any arrests in connection with the crash of a Russian passenger plane in…
37 arrested during security campaign in North Sinai
Egypt
January 26, 2016
37 arrested during security campaign in North Sinai
Thirty-seven suspects were arrested during a security raid in Arish, North Sinai, on Tuesday, security sources have said. The sources added…
No directives made for prisoner release on uprising anniversary: interior ministry
Egypt
January 25, 2016
No directives made for prisoner release on uprising anniversary: interior ministry
No directives have been made to release prisoners on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the 2011 uprising and…
Two police officers, one civilian killed in Sharqiya checkpoint assault
Egypt
January 24, 2016
Two police officers, one civilian killed in Sharqiya checkpoint assault
Two police officers and one farmer was killed and four other people were wounded early Sunday when armed men on…
Interior Ministry informs rights council of 19 more disappearance cases
Egypt
January 17, 2016
Interior Ministry informs rights council of 19 more disappearance cases
The Interior Ministry announced on Sunday that it had informed the National Council for Human Rights of the whereabouts of…