On the anniversary of Egypt’s January revolution that led to overthrowing dictator Hosni Mubarak, the rights situation in Egypt seems dire, and social media activists slam General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s comments on human rights. As [ More … ]
An Egyptian court sentences former MP and one of the January Revolution icons Ziad El-Elaimy to five years in prison on false news charge An Egyptian emergency state security misdemeanor court on Wednesday sentenced prominent [ More … ]
The hopes of a decade ago are long gone, shattered by the former army chief who was backed by western powers, says Dr. Darrag[i], a former Egyptian minister. In 2011, I, like most Egyptians at [ More … ]
The Egyptian National Action Group said that the provocative manifestations that accompanied Mubarak’s death are an attempt to announce the death of the January revolution The Egyptian National Action Group (ENAG) said in a statement [ More … ]
Eight years have passed since the outbreak of Egypt’s January Revolution in 2011, but the situation in Egypt has even become much worse than ever before. Thousands of Egyptians, young and old, marched on the [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay Exactly seven years ago, the Arab world was shaken by the great social movement expressing freedom, democracy and honor generating from the deepest folds of society. The name ‘’Arab Spring’’ was given [ More … ]
U.S. SASC Chairman John McCain releases a significant statement on the 7th. Anniversary of the January 25th. Revolution in Egypt. U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman on the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following [ More … ]
Egypt’s top appeals court found Hosni Mubarak innocent on the involvement in the killing of protesters on January 25 Revolution that toppled his 30-year rule in 2011. Mubarak’s retrial captivated viewers when he appeared in [ More … ]
Egypt marks six years since the start of demonstrations that led to the downfall of long-time ruler Hosni Mubarak. The 2011 revolution in Egypt started with marches, demonstrations and civil resistance on January 25. Protesters were inspired [ More … ]
Social media activists in Egypt circulated a video for Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, the sons of Egypt’s autocratic President Hosni Mubarak who was overthrown by January Revolution in 2011, attending a football match at Cairo [ More … ]
The Egyptian economy is on the skids again, as discontent rises similar conditions to Egypt’s economic and social inequalities that helped outbreak January Revolution five years ago that toppled Hosni Mubarak ‘s autocratic regime, said [ More … ]
The murder of the Italian Ph.D. Guilio Regeni dominates the discussion session of the foreign affairs committee in the Egyptian parliament especially after the failure of the chief of the committee’s visit to Rome The meeting is [ More … ]
The Criminal Court in Zagazig, Sharqia, has sent Ghada Abdel Hamid to rigorous imprisonment for 15 years. Ghada Abdel Hamid (26-years) was charged of administrating a Facebook page, the page is called “Women against the [ More … ]
Egypt’s court had ruled to include Mohamed Morsi – the first democratically-elected president who was ousted in a 2013 military coup – to Egypt’s official list of “terrorists”. The Cairo Criminal Court also ruled to [ More … ]
Has the dream about a democratic transition in Egypt become an illusion? Three years have passed since June 30, 2013, when General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi ousted President Mohamed Morsi, based on a public move that was looking [ More … ]
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