Egypt
Rights groups: Military prosecution detained 21 Maspero suspects
October 11, 2011
Rights groups: Military prosecution detained 21 Maspero suspects
Military prosecutors on Monday detained 21 suspects for a 15-day period, pending investigations into violence that broke out during a…
Tuesday’s papers: The nation reacts
October 11, 2011
Tuesday’s papers: The nation reacts
“Massacre,” “tragedy,” “bloodbath” and “conspiracy” are words that appear, prominently and repeatedly, on the front pages of all of Tuesday’s…
Live Updates: Protesters march from Coptic Hospital to cathedral
October 10, 2011
Live Updates: Protesters march from Coptic Hospital to cathedral
1:01 am: The funeral service is over. 12:56 am: The priest announces that all of the martyrs will be buried together…
Maspero violence raises questions about military’s fitness to run Egypt
October 10, 2011
Maspero violence raises questions about military’s fitness to run Egypt
Sunday’s bloody attack on a Coptic-led protest stands as fresh evidence of the incompetence of Egypt’s military rulers, who might…
6 April movement launches political awareness campaign before elections
October 10, 2011
6 April movement launches political awareness campaign before elections
Ahmed Maher, general coordinator of the April 6 Youth Movement, said on Monday that the group is launching a political…
Human rights group had warned military of violence, say legal sources
October 10, 2011
Human rights group had warned military of violence, say legal sources
The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) had warned the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the…
Spain to return fugitive Egyptian business tycoon
October 10, 2011
Spain to return fugitive Egyptian business tycoon
The Egyptian state television has quoted Spanish Foreign Minister TrinidadGarcía-Herreraas saying on Monday that her country intends to return fugitive…
US says Egypt violence should not delay elections
October 10, 2011
US says Egypt violence should not delay elections
WASHINGTON – The United States called for restraint in Egypt on Monday after 25 people, most of them Christian demonstrators,…
Egypt executes notorious sectarian murderer
October 10, 2011
Egypt executes notorious sectarian murderer
Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, known as al-Kammouny, was executed on Monday. He was sentenced to death for igniting sectarian violence after…