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Palestinian-American shot dead in the West Bank

Shooting of Orwa Hammad is the second by the IDF in the West Bank in eight days

Israeli troops injured by gunfire from Sinai

2 soldiers injured and evacuated to Israeli hospital for treatment

NGOs express concern over lawyers’ working conditions

13 Egyptian NGOs release joint statement condemning abuses against lawyers

Foreign ministry condemns ongoing violence in Yemen

Egypt expresses concern as string of attacks claims dozens of lives

UK pledges additional £20m for Gaza reconstruction

”Return to status quo not an option for Gaza”, says Department for International Development

Rights group urges Gaza donors to end Israeli blockade

Human Rights Watch calls Israeli, Egyptian blockade of Gaza “collective punishment”

Policeman killed during Sohag patrol

Ahmed Farooq Zeidan was shot and killed by gunmen during a security raid

Amnesty International warns of photojournalist’s ongoing detention

Mahmoud Abu Zied has been imprisoned since 14 August 2013

Prosecutor general orders release of 45 students for Eid

Others with health, humanitarian issues will be pardoned

Bleak outlook for Egyptian ceasefire initiative as Gaza conflict continues

IDF resumes airstrikes after brief pause, rocket fire continues from Gaza

UN Secretary General urges Al-Sisi’s help for Palestine ceasefire

Secretary General encourages Egypt to open Rafah Crossing

Egypt has witnessed catastrophic decline in human rights: Amnesty International

Rights group says rampant torture, arbitrary arrests, and detentions signal sharp decline in rights in the year following Morsi ouster

Anti-Coup leaders arrested in ‘barbaric raids’: Brotherhood

Muslim Brotherhood claims arrests designed to create “outright conflict and violent confrontation”

Minya death sentences ‘a staggering violation of international human rights’: UN

Largest confirmed death sentence in Egypt’s history continues to draw international condemnation

Al-Jazeera sentences an ‘appalling attack on press freedom’: IFEX

Rights network calls for immediate release of journalists

Trial of 24 activists postponed until 13 September

Activists arrested during a march against the Protest Law in Heliopolis

4 police officers killed in Sinai

Second attack raises Saturday’s death toll to 6

Egypt, Ethiopia to form joint committee on Renaissance Dam

Egyptian FM calls agreement “new chapter” in relationship between the two countries

51 arrested during Friday protests

A number of protesters allegedly caught with Molotovs, fireworks

Al-Jazeera ruling ‘disturbing sign for the future of the Egyptian press’: Rights groups

Local and international rights groups quick to condemn “politically orchestrated” trial

Nazra condemns targeting, detention of women’s rights activists

Group says arrests due to women’s legitimate activities in the defense of human rights.

Minya verdict ‘heinous crime unprecedented in history’: MB

Brotherhood hits back at judiciary over death sentence for 183 alleged Islamists

Minya death sentences represent ‘travesty of justice’: Rights groups

Judge upholds death sentences for 183 alleged MB members as rights group condemn “new purge of opposition”

Foreign Ministry warns Israel on military operations

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry warned its Israeli counterparts Thursday against ongoing military operations in the occupied Palestinian territories, citing concerns over the “repercussions of continuing Israeli military operations”. The operations come as part of Israel’s expanded search for three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, and have included air strikes, raids, and dozens of arrests of Palestinians. Israel …