Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Sunday defended the economic boycott of Israel as a freedom of speech movement that’s “pushing back against racist policies in Israel.” Last week, 398 House members overwhelmingly passed a resolution to [ More … ]
The repeated confiscation of Al-Ahaly newspaper has raised complaints about press freedom in Egypt, where state oversight of the media is a long and opaque tradition. A wave of anger swept journalists and rights groups in Egypt after copies [ More … ]
US organization Freedom House has ranked Egypt 126th out of 195 countries when it comes to public freedoms. According to a new report by the organization based on 2018 data, Egypt and Sri Lanka “are [ More … ]
Late on Tuesday, Egyptian police raided the office of a news website and arrested its editor-in-chief, according to three of its journalists, including its managing editor. The raid came two days after the Supreme Council [ More … ]
Egyptians are using the social media hashtag of an international youth conference organized by the government to slam its poor human rights record and crackdown on free speech, said The Washington Post in a report. [ More … ]
A number of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners being held in solitary confinement began refusing water on Wednesday, as more than 1,500 Palestinians entered the 10th day of the mass “Freedom and Dignity” hunger strike. According to [ More … ]
More than 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody launched an open-ended mass hunger strike Monday morning on Palestinian Prisoners’ day, led by imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, under the banner of “Freedom and Dignity” for [ More … ]
Saudi King Salman stressed the Kingdom’s keenness to be an example of protection of human rights, freedom, welfare and comprehensive development for community. This came in an address delivered on behalf of the king by [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* The meeting Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ was planning to hold near Germany’s Stuttgart city was unilaterally canceled by the Gaggenau Municipality, citing the lack of adequate parking space to meet the needs of [ More … ]
The Constitutional Court declared the unconstitutionality of Article 10 of the Protest Law on Saturday. This article would give the Ministry of Interior the right to ban protests. 3 years after Egypt’s Protest Law: 37,000 [ More … ]
An Egyptian judicial report has supported the ministry of interior’s decision to allow monitoring the social media networks, according to Anadolu Agency. The State Commissioners Authority, the advisory body for the State Council, has stated its [ More … ]
Seven Egyptian members of parliament have participated in the Iranian opposition annual conference held in Paris. Thousands of Iranian opposition gather to attend one of the biggest anti-regime rallies organized by the Paris-based opposition National Council [ More … ]
Hamas leaders Khaled Mishaal, Saleh al-Arouri, and Moussa Abu Marzouk reiterated the movement’s commitment to the prisoners’ cause and its ongoing efforts to liberate Palestinians from Israeli jails, according to Palestinian local agencies. Speaking in [ More … ]
By: Belal Fetyan* Egypt has known the prank-based shows since the 1990s, where it started in a simple way and a quick pace in the Egyptian streets such as the series of the hidden camera [ More … ]
After three Years of the military coup, thousands of youths are detained, tortured and abused in Egypt’s prisons. Some are waiting for their death penalties while others lost hope as they will live their youth [ More … ]
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