Tag: Nahda

‘Us’ v ‘them’

It has been just over three years since the dispersal of the…

Mohanad Elsangary Mohanad Elsangary

Court postpones retrial of 11 defendants accused of murdering Kerdasa police officer

Farrag was killed from a distance of approximately 20 metres with a…

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt

Cassation court annuls death sentences against 6 defendants in Kerdasa police killings

The Giza Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Nagy Shehata, had sentenced…

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt

‘Rabaa operations room’ journalists’ appeal to be heard on 1 October

Thirteen journalists received life sentences and one was sentenced to death in…

Nourhan Fahmy Nourhan Fahmy

Court postpones ‘storming of Helwan police station’ case to 29 September

Police station was stormed then set ablaze, leading to deaths of three…

Nourhan Fahmy Nourhan Fahmy

Court orders release of Islamist party leader

Al-Wasat Party chairman is to walk free from prison pending trial in…

Mahmoud Mostafa Mahmoud Mostafa

Egypt’s young activists face crackdown, repression: Amnesty International

“The country has reverted fully to being a police state,” rights group…

Nourhan Fahmy Nourhan Fahmy

Capital punishment and the question of fair trials

Growing need for social dialogue in Egyptian society over capital punishment, says…

Nourhan Fahmy Nourhan Fahmy

Verdict on closure of HRW headquarters to be issued 19 May

Although HRW does not currently have offices in Egypt, the verdict would…

Nourhan Fahmy Nourhan Fahmy

Global campaign marks 600 days in prison without trial for photojournalist Shawkan

Former Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy leads intensive local and international battle to…

Amira El-Fekki Amira El-Fekki