Prisoners in Egypt’s notorious high-security Aqrab (Scorpion) Prison have gone on hunger strike in protest at the death of a fellow inmate as a result of medical negligence. Dr. Amro Abou Khalil, a psychiatrist held [ More … ]
Parliament Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur sworn in as interim president; country to hold presidential vote on September 15. The Tunisian government has declared seven days of mourning following the death of Beji Caid Essebsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, as [ More … ]
The Egyptian government’s widespread violence toward the Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition parties is strengthening them. Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi fainted and died during an appearance in a Cairo court last month, part of [ More … ]
Conditions surrounding death of Egypt’s first democratically elected president highlight dismal reality endured by thousands languishing in Egypt’s jails. The death of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has cast the spotlight on the dire conditions faced by [ More … ]
The Court of Cassation sentenced six young people to death and three others to life in prison on Wednesday for killing an enlisted police officer in Egypt’s northern city of Mansoura in February 2014. The [ More … ]
A court in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa has sentenced a veteran journalist to death for spying for Saudi Arabia, Houthi media and a journalists’ association have reported. Yahya Abdulraqeeb Al-Jubaihi, a veteran journalist, was accused by [ More … ]
A new Regeni was found dead in Cairo after being arrested by the Egyptian police forces. The body of medical student Ahmed Medhat appeared at Cairo’s main morgue shortly after his arrest by the police [ More … ]
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