Nazra for Feminist Studies denounced in an online statement Sunday the physical assaults on female human rights activists, including Nahid Sherif and Fikreya Mohamed, experienced.
The group called on authorities to conduct a thorough investigation (...)
Al -Tayar Al -Sha'aby announced Friday on its official page its intention to convert the coalition into a political party.
The purpose of converting the coalition into a political party is to increase its legal abilities to exert political (...)
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have granted amnesty to 152 Egyptian prisoners on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.
Ambassador Ali Al-Ashry, Foreign Ministry assistant for Consular Affairs and Egyptians Abroad, said the (...)
Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Sunday five separate sexual harassment and assault cases until 1, 2 and 6 July.
The first harassment case will be postponed until 1 July, while three other sexual assault cases were delayed until 2 July in order to (...)
The first hearing Saturday of Alexandrian lawyer Mahienour El –Massry's appeal against a two year prison-sentence for violating the controversial Protest Law has seen her trial postponed until 20 July.
On 20 May, an Alexandria court rejected (...)
A Minya misdemeanor court on Monday sentenced journalist Bishoy Armiato 5 years imprisonment and a fine of EGP 500 for inciting sectarian strife.
Bishoy Armia, born Mohamed Hegazy El-Sayed, was also charged with "depicting Christians as suffering (...)
A Nasr City Court sentenced two men Monday, to two years imprisonment and a fine of EGP 5000 each, for verbally harassing a woman inside a mall.
State-owned Al Ahram reported that a woman at a Nasr City mall notified authorities when two men (...)
The Islamist Al-Nour Party has said it may form a coalition with civil parties for the upcoming parliamentary elections, with a final decision on partners yet to be made.
Speaking in an interview with Al-Hayah Channel on Sunday, Al-Nour's Assistant (...)
Opposition groups have called for a march to Itihadiya Palace on Saturday at 6pm to condemn the controversial Protest Law, issued in 2013.
Several of the groups, including the Way of the Revolution Front, 6 April Youth Movement, the Revolutionary (...)
The prosecutor general referred 24 defendants in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura to criminal prosecution over belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood and extremist cells.
Following investigations, the defendants were accused of cooperating with (...)
Cairo's Court for Urgent Matters sentenced Sunday three defendants to life imprisonment for founding and belonging to a "terror cell".
The group is known in Egyptian media as the "Al-Zaytoun cell" and aimed to overthrow the government.
Of the 25 (...)
The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Palestine will be temporarily reopened for four days starting Saturday, 14 June, according to Barakat Al Farra, the Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt.
State-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported that in addition (...)
Hassouna Tawfiq, judge in the Administration Court, resigned Sunday from the usage of coal case presented by the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR).
The reason the judge cited was that he was not be able to make a proper decision (...)
The Ministry of Religious Endowment announced on 5 June that it is working on a new law that restricts the traditional Friday sermon to major mosques only.
The ministry added that it is working on regulations dealing with religious oration and (...)