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Parliamentary speaker mum on Lawyers Syndicate electoral law
Egypt

Parliamentary speaker mum on Lawyers Syndicate electoral law

Parliamentary Speaker Fathi Sorour has declined to discuss the new law regulating Lawyers Syndicate elections.In response to a request by…
Protesters demand MPs be stripped of immunity for comments
Egypt

Protesters demand MPs be stripped of immunity for comments

Approximately 150 members from the Muslim Brotherhood bloc in parliament, independent candidates and activists from Kefaya, the 6 April Youth…
Cairo Governor denies requests of physically challenged
Egypt

Cairo Governor denies requests of physically challenged

Protesters with special needs who have been staging demonstrations in front of the parliament building are not entitled to reparations…
MPs criticize Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Manpower
Egypt

MPs criticize Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Manpower

Members of the Egyptian parliament lashed out at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Manpower Thursday accusing them of dragging…
NDP and Brotherhood spar in parliament
Egypt

NDP and Brotherhood spar in parliament

Yesterday a joint meeting of the human rights committee and the national security committee in the People's Assembly escalated into…
Squabbles in parliament over budget, armaments
Egypt

Squabbles in parliament over budget, armaments

A parliamentary meeting on Monday saw two heated confrontations: one between the Central Auditing Organization (CAO) and the government over…
Security official calls for ‘submission’ to president’s will
Egypt

Security official calls for ‘submission’ to president’s will

At a meeting of parliament's national security committee on Wednesday, committee head Mohamed Abdel Fattah Omar urged the Egyptian public…
Amonsito workers continue protest
Egypt

Amonsito workers continue protest

Amonsito workers continued their sit-in Tuesday before the parliament building in Cairo for the sixteenth consecutive day, awaiting next Thursday's…
Talaat Sadat stripped of parliamentary immunity, suffers heart attack
Egypt

Talaat Sadat stripped of parliamentary immunity, suffers heart attack

MP Talaat Sadat suffered a heart attack on Thursday. He was taken to Cairo's Cleopatra Hospital, where he is currently…
Sleeping on concrete: A tale of three protests
Egypt

Sleeping on concrete: A tale of three protests

Workers of the Amonsito textile factory entered the tenth day of their sit-in outside the gates of the Shura Council,…
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