Tunisia’s parliament on Wednesday passed a bill designed to “end all violence against women,” strengthening protection and help for victims in a move welcomed by rights groups. “It’s a very moving moment and we are [ More … ]
Israeli authorities implemented a third round of electricity supply cuts to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday — honoring a request from the Palestinian Authority (PA) that announced last month it would drastically reduce its payments [ More … ]
United States president Donald Trump signed a fiscal law on Friday, approved by the US Congress, which allows Morocco to use funds allocated to the kingdom in the Western Sahara. The Appropriations Bill passed by [ More … ]
Proposed law gives amnesty to businessmen accused of corruption under ousted president Ben Ali. More than 2,000 Tunisians marched in the country’s capital protesting a proposed amnesty bill that would see businessmen accused of corruption [ More … ]
The Egyptian judiciary is facing one of their harshest battles as al-Sisi military regime is working on legalizing the control of the judicial system in the country. The Economist wrote in its article titled: “Judgement [ More … ]
The Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have slammed the Israeli latest bill to ban Adhan (calling for Muslim prayers in occuped territories). The Arab League strongly condemned on Wednesday the [ More … ]
Egypt’s parliament has approved a bill that curbs the work of the non-governmental organization.Human rights groups say that the new bill effectively bans their work, reported Reuters . By the parliament’s approval, the bill is [ More … ]
The House approved on Friday a bill to allow families of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for any role in the terrorist plot, setting up a rare bipartisan [ More … ]
Egypt’s parliament approved a long-awaited law introducing a value-added tax (VAT) of 13 %, rising to 14% in the next fiscal year, a key part of the government’s economic reform ahead the IMF loan and [ More … ]
Israel’s Justice Ministry is drafting legislation that would enable it to order Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social media to remove online postings it deems to be inciting terrorism. “We are working on a draft [ More … ]
Egyptian right organizations have called on the parliament to reject a cyber-crime bill which imposes heavy penalties on online crimes committed via the internet. In a report titled, ‘Anti-technology’, the Association for Freedom of Thought [ More … ]
A new bill regulating press and media is awaiting the Egyptian House of Representatives’ approval, according to Al-Ahram, a state-owned newspaper. In this context, the members of parliament are pushing to form a new supreme [ More … ]
The Egyptian government has agreed on a bill for amending some provisions of the Penal Code. The draft law states the imposition of prison sentences and fines on those who acquire or import publications carrying [ More … ]
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