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The four were arrested on 12 February, and could face the death penalty under laws enacted by the former leader Muammar Gaddafi Photograph: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images
christianity

Libya arrests Egyptian for spreading Christianity

An Egyptian and three others could face the death penalty for attempting…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Protesters in Portsaid on Sunday (Photo by Islam Kotb)
ahmed mekki

Port Said update: Minister of Justice responds to demands

Ahmed Mekki assigns judge to investigate 26 January clashes

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy
civil disobedience

Port Said continues civil disobedience

City entrances closed as more people join the marches

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy
Angry residents of the Wadi Al-Qammar neighbourhood blocked the main Wadi Al-Qammar road, Western Alexandria, on Monday in protest over the violent dissolution of the strike Photo: Portland Cement Factory in Alexandria (Photo: Courtesy of Facebook Fan Page Wadi Al-Qammar)
arrests

Workers’ strike violently dissolved

Police allegedly used dogs to break up the strike, workers arrested

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
A witness to the murder and a friend of the victim said in court she had accompanied her friend to Cablat village when the defendant, identified as Ramadan “Shouna” Nassar sexually harassed her. (AFP-Photo)
Assiut

Harasser’s Killer on trial

The first hearing was held on Sunday in Assiut

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Al-Masry

Wrap: Port Said call for civil disobedience

Trade, industry and transport sectors shut down by marching and blocking streets

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy
“I have met today with [Al-Dostour Party Chairman] Mohamed ElBaradei and [Al-Wafd Party Chairman] El-Sayed El-Badawi to exchange points of view regarding the current political situation,” El-Katatni said (File Photo)(AFP-Photo)
Al-Dostour Party

El-Katatni meets opposition leaders for dialogue

The Freedom and Justice Party Chairman discussed the political situation with NSF…

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
“Claiming that Mohamed El-Gendy died following a car accident is not very different than claiming that Khaled Said died of suffocation for swallowing drugs.”Ahmed Tala’at, a member of the Nation without Torture (NWT) campaign said Photo:Mohamed El-Gendy (Courtesy of Facebook Page)
El-Gendy

Forensics under fire

Protesters demonstrate against forensic authority, claim organisation is corrupt and misleads torture…

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
The lawyers requested mandating a tripartite committee to reevaluate El-Gendy's medical report, said Mohamed Abdel Aziz, one of El-Gendy's lawyers. (Photo:Public Domain)
autopsy

El-Gendy’s autopsy report challenged

El-Gendy's lawyers to be given a copy of the report, despite the…

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
On Sunday the Supreme Administrative Court headed by Chancellor Mustafa Hanafy, vice president of the State Council, decided the early elections were legal (file photo) Hassan Ibrahim
Administrative court

Press Syndicate elections back on

The Supreme Administrative Court halted the decision to cancel the elections

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy