“The violence was on a whole new level – like nothing I had ever seen before,” said Ibrahim Halawa, an Irish national who was just 17 when the …
Egyptian police have arrested 13 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members, accusing them of inciting protests marking the fifth anniversary of the …
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It is five years since the military coup took place in Egypt on 3 July 2013. But in spite of the fierce attacks waged by the current regime, the 25 January revolution that was overthrown in that coup continues to cast its shadow upon Egypt’s political scene. The uprising in early 2011 was a game-changing moment
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The arrest in Egypt of American-Egyptian dual citizen Amir Nagy, who founded an academy for children’s development in Nasr City, should be a wake-up call to the Trump administration on the questionable effectiveness of its quiet, behind-the-scenes advocacy on human rights in Egypt. Authorities held Nagy incommunicado for two days before charging him with belonging
