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Update: Constituent Assembly rights committee amends clauses on belief, press

Update: Constituent Assembly rights committee amends clauses on belief, press

The Constituent Assembly’s Freedom and Rights Committee changed the language in the articles dealing with freedom of belief, human trafficking…
Public prosecutor orders investigation of torture report

Public prosecutor orders investigation of torture report

The public prosecutor called Tuesday for an investigation into a report of torture against a political activist. The report, filed…
Defense minister praises former military leaders

Defense minister praises former military leaders

Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday praised the previous leaders of the Armed Forces for honorably and faithfully leading…
Political movements denounce break up of Nile University protest

Political movements denounce break up of Nile University protest

Leftist political movements in Alexandria said on Tuesday the use of force to break up the Nile University students’ sit-in…
Syrians banned from hajj over differences with Saudi government

Syrians banned from hajj over differences with Saudi government

Syrian news agency SANA on Tuesday said the government has banned its citizens from performing hajj this year due to…
Five Nile University students released

Five Nile University students released

The District Attorney in the Abdeen neighborhood of Cairo ordered Tuesday the release of five Nile University students who were…
Prosecution refers eight to criminal court over anti-Islam movie

Prosecution refers eight to criminal court over anti-Islam movie

Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud referred eight people to the Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday and ordered that they be…
Minister: Beach resorts to stay in Islamist-led Egypt

Minister: Beach resorts to stay in Islamist-led Egypt

Egyptian beach tourism is here to stay, the tourism minister in the Islamist-led administration said on Tuesday, saying any Islamic…
Egyptian court convicts ‘Nose job MP’

Egyptian court convicts ‘Nose job MP’

The Imbaba Court of Misdemeanors sentenced former MP Anwar al-Balkimy to a three year suspended prison sentence Tuesday after finding…
Defying police, teachers continue sit-in

Defying police, teachers continue sit-in

Dozens of teachers returned to their sit-in at the Cabinet’s headquarters early Tuesday, only a few hours after police dispersed…
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