UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday pressured Israel to avoid strikes on civilian structures in Gaza . Pillay expressed acute concern over the surge in the number of Palestinian...
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A court in Cairo on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi intended to nullify the 1979 Camp David Peace Accord with Israel. The court, which is charged with solving administrative...
Egypt prosecutor orders investigation into alleged presidential election fraud
Egyptian Prosecutor-General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud on Monday ordered an investigation into allegations of forgery during the recent presidential elections. The order came after former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafiq alleged that ballots were forged and votes were...
Egypt president announces general pardon for crimes committed during revolution
Egypt President Mohammed Morsi announced on Tuesday a general pardon issued in August for most people detained or convicted for crimes committed during and in support of the Egyptian Revolution ....
Egypt urged to amend draft constitution, comply with international treaties
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent a letter to the members of the Egyptian Constituent Assembly on Monday urging them to amend Egypt's draft constitution to comply with international treaties. HRW said...
An Egyptian criminal court on Monday upheld death sentences for 14 Islamists convicted of murdering several people in Sinai Peninsula attacks last year. In particular, the Ismailia court ordered the convicts, all members of the monotheist and militant group...
Egypt lifted a decades-long ban on veiled female news reporters on Sunday by having Fatma Nabil read the noon news in a headscarf. This broadcast marked the first time a woman appeared on Egyptian state TV wearing a veil...
Egypt President Mohammed Morsi issued a new law on Thursday that bans pre-trial detentions of journalists for speaking out against the government. The new law, the first decree Morsi has issued since he granted...
A court in Egypt on Tuesday sentenced 14 Islamist members of the jihadist organization Al-Tawhid we Al-Jihad to death for their roles in a series of attacks in northern Sinai in July 2011. The Ismailiya Criminal Court, located in...
A lawyer in Egypt filed an appeal on Tuesday challenging a declaration by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi , granting himself as president complete legislative and executive power. The appeal was filed in a Cairo court...