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Cabinet orders formation of Higher Permanent Committee for Human Rights
Egypt

Cabinet orders formation of Higher Permanent Committee for Human Rights

The Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, ordered the formation of the Higher Permanent Committee for Human Rights, which…
Torn trousers for men violate Islamic teachings: Top Egyptian Islamic institution
Egypt

Torn trousers for men violate Islamic teachings: Top Egyptian Islamic institution

One of Egypt’s leading Islamic educational institutes and government bodies, Dar al-Ifta al-Miṣriyyah, which was founded to represent Islam and…
Committee to Protect Journalists names Egypt as third top jailer of journalists
Egypt

Committee to Protect Journalists names Egypt as third top jailer of journalists

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report released on Wednesday that for the second year…
Controversy flies on LGBT rights after rise of rainbow flag in concert
Features/Interviews

Controversy flies on LGBT rights after rise of rainbow flag in concert

The rainbow flag raised during Friday’s concert featuring Lebanese Indie rock band Mashrou Leila has stirred heated debate on social…
HRW considers Egypt’s media attacks on its report ‘misleading’
Egypt

HRW considers Egypt’s media attacks on its report ‘misleading’

The US-based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a video online Saturday decrying what it described as an unprecedented wave…
Egyptian woman comes out as lesbian in video, conservatism and LGBT rights in Egypt collide
Egypt

Egyptian woman comes out as lesbian in video, conservatism and LGBT rights in Egypt collide

A two minutes video circulated on social media a few days ago with the opening statement ‘Hi…I’m most hated lesbian…
National Authority of journalism releases recommendations to monitor false information
Egypt

National Authority of journalism releases recommendations to monitor false information

The National Authority of Journalism, assigned to supervise and administrate the state-owned press institutions, issued recommendations on Saturday aiming to…
Blocked news websites in Egypt go active at dawn, witness suspension in afternoon
Science

Blocked news websites in Egypt go active at dawn, witness suspension in afternoon

Several social media users and officials from a number of media outlets, that were recently blocked in Egypt, said in…
Sisi ratifies new law allowing state full control over NGO work in Egypt
Egypt

Sisi ratifies new law allowing state full control over NGO work in Egypt

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ratified on Monday a new law that is set to regulate the work of non-governmental organizations…
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