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civil disobedience

Wrap: Unrest spreads across governorates

Civil disobedience escalates in Port Said, spreads to Kafr El-Sheikh, likely to…

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
Novelist and author Youssef Zidan was referred to investigation for contempt of religion. (Photo: Courtesy of Facebook Fan Page)
Alber Saber

Novelist accused of contempt of religion

Eleven Coptic rights groups accuse Youssef Zidan of offending Christianity

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Police arrested El-Refaey, 26, in Damanhour last Friday at 7.30 pm, brought him to the governorate building and accused him of setting it on fire (Photo\ Courtesy of Facebook Fan Page)
activist

No trial yet for Osama El-Refaey

The Al-Dostour Party member remains in custody without a trial date

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
The issue of sexual harassment was widely discussed during the roundtable Photo: A roundtable held on Tuesday at the AUC (Photo handed by AUC)
constitution

AUC roundtable discusses Egyptian women

University professor blames issues of women's status equally on Islamists and mainstream…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
The SCC decided on Monday to return the election draft law to the Shura Council, which drafted the law, after rejecting five articles as “unconstitutional”. (File Photo) AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
OHCHR

UN: Egypt protest law should be reconsidered

United Nations concerned with many aspects of Egyptian draft protest law

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
Al-Shafa’i is a mill employee in Suez who was arrested nearly three weeks ago by security forces. He is accused of attacking the police during protests on 25 January. (File Photo) (Photo by Hassan Ghoneima/DNE)
ECESR

Al-Shafa’i released

Suez court ruled there was insufficient evidence to keep him incarcerated while…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Visit to Cairo in January by the Party of European Socialists (Courtesy of the Party of European Socialists)
Egyptian Social Democratic Party

ESDP gains membership to European Socialist bloc

The partnership is hoped to improve the Egyptian Social Democratic Party’s chances…

Joel Gulhane
Joel Gulhane
Morsi discussed with his Turkish and Iranian counterpart ways in which they could end the conflict during last OIC summit (File Photo)(AFP\Photo)
Abdullah Gul

Iran supports Egyptian solution to Syria

President Mohamed Morsi has said the plan will be unveiled once it…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
The committee also addressed the ICRC’s request to accelerate the issuance of a law protecting the emblems of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent. This goal is of particular importance to the ICRC as these emblems have been widely misused in Egypt (AFP\Photo)
ICC

Egypt working to join International Criminal Court

National Committee for International Humanitarian Law met Tuesday to establish goals

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
The videos have been blocked only on the Egyptian version of YouTube and are still available in other countries. (Photo\DNE)
Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression

Google blocks YouTube videos in Egypt

Despite request by Egyptian authorities to block videos on YouTube, Innocence of…

Joel Gulhane
Joel Gulhane