King Farouk’s auctioned watch sets record
Watch obtained by unidentified buyer through phone call during auction
Photojournalist Shawkan describes ‘endless nightmare’ from behind bars
Freelance photojournalist has managed to send an open letter from prison
Civil society draft law would ‘throttle’ NGOs: Human Rights Watch
International watchdog strongly condemns draft law and calls for “throwing it out”
Renewed detention of anti-Protest Law demonstrators condemned
Rights organisations call for the release of detained protesters and the repealing…
Alaa Abdel Fattah and others’ prison sentence widely condemned
Abdel Fattah’s sisters protest the sentence outside the presidential palace; verdict described…
Syrians arrested while attempting to illegally emigrate
Arrested group include 2 underage Egyptians, 18 Syrians
Foreign ministry rejects criticism of activist court ruling
Cairo court upheld conviction of revolutionary activists Maher, Douma, and Adel on…
Prosecutor refers 504 defendants from August’s Ramses clashes to trial
Defendants are charged with premeditated murder, attempted murder for terrorist purposes, inciting…
Movements welcome Shukrallah’s election as Al-Dostour Party Chairwoman
Electing a Coptic woman to lead a political party seen as a…