Rights groups on Saturday accused Egypt of curbing press freedom after a Cairo court this week sentenced four editors each to one year in prison for criticising the president.
Rights groups accused Egypt yesterday of curbing press freedom after a Cairo court this week sentenced four editors each to one year in prison for criticizing the president.
Ten companies including Egypt's Ezz Steel and Luxembourg's Arcelor Mittal have submitted bids to build four steel plants in Egypt, reported Reuters citing the Egyptian daily Al Alam Al Youm. The four plants will entail investment of $2.1bn and, on completion, will have an annual capacity of 8m tonnes.
Religious freedom conditions have worsened in insurgency-wracked Iraq as well as Egypt, while communist China has embarked on a crackdown on foreign missionaries ahead of the Olympics, the US government warned in a report Friday.
Blake Campbell ran for 162 yards and three touchdowns last night as Northern Burlington High School rolled to a 55-34 Burlington-Olympic League victory New Egypt.
Emily Straniero's goal made the difference as New Egypt High School posted a 1-0 victory over Riverside yesterday in a Burlington County League Freedom Division field hockey game.
Human Rights Watch says Egypt continues to imprison journalists who publish stories critical of Mubarak.
Source: Human Rights Watch (New York, September 15, 2007) – Egypt continues to imprison journalists and editors who publish stories critical of President Hosni Mubarak and other high officials, Human Rights Watch said today. ...
Religious freedom conditions have worsened in insurgency-wracked Iraq as well as Egypt, while communist China has embarked on a crackdown on foreign missionaries ahead of the Olympics, the US Government warned in a report.
Egyptians attend Coptic celebrations for Feast of Assumption in August 2007. In Egypt, a key US ally, respect for religious freedom has "declined," a State Department report said, citing particularly a court ruling this year that reinstated a policy not to provide a legal means for converts from Islam to Christianity to amend their civil records.