Human Rights
Lawyers in defenestration case denied access to investigations
Egypt
July 7, 2010
Lawyers in defenestration case denied access to investigations
Lawyers representing a man allegedly tortured and thrown by police from the third floor of a police station in the…
Nasr Hamed Abu Zaid: The end of a controversial scholarly legacy
Egypt
July 5, 2010
Nasr Hamed Abu Zaid: The end of a controversial scholarly legacy
Scholar and thinker Nasr Hamed Abu Zaid passed away on Monday morning at 67 in a Cairo hospital. Zaid had…
Police allegedly throw man from 4th-floor balcony
Egypt
July 4, 2010
Police allegedly throw man from 4th-floor balcony
The Cairo-based Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture has accused two police officers from the…
Clinton blasts Egypt for pressuring civil society
Egypt
July 4, 2010
Clinton blasts Egypt for pressuring civil society
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concern about the state of democracy and human rights in Egypt while speaking…
Scobey: US backs human rights, democracy in Egypt
Egypt
July 1, 2010
Scobey: US backs human rights, democracy in Egypt
At a US embassy celebration marking US Independence Day on Wednesday, US Ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scobey pointed out that…
Bedouin hold conference to protest Sinai security violations
Egypt
July 1, 2010
Bedouin hold conference to protest Sinai security violations
Bedouin representatives held a conference in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday at which they protested frequent violations of their rights…
Q&A with Ali Qassem, uncle of slain youth Khaled Saeed (part two)
Egypt
July 1, 2010
Q&A with Ali Qassem, uncle of slain youth Khaled Saeed (part two)
Facebook users interviewed Ali Qassem, uncle of slain Alexandrian youth Khaled Saeed, about the details of his nephew's death and…
2 Alex policemen detained in Khaled Saeed case
Egypt
June 30, 2010
2 Alex policemen detained in Khaled Saeed case
Alexandria District Attorney Yasir Rafai has ordered that Mahmoud Salah Mahmoud and Awad Ismail Suliman, policemen from the Sidi Gabr…
Q&A with Ali Qassem, uncle of slain youth Khaled Saeed (part one)
Egypt
June 30, 2010
Q&A with Ali Qassem, uncle of slain youth Khaled Saeed (part one)
Al-Masry Al-Youm’s multimedia team mediated a live interview between Ali Qassem--uncle of Khaled Saeed, who witnesses say was tortured to…
Rights groups urge govt to release prisoners
Egypt
June 30, 2010
Rights groups urge govt to release prisoners
In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, 12 local and international human rights organizations--including Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty…