UPI.com | Israel and Egypt keep Gaza Strip borders shut Jerusalem Post Meanwhile, Hamas officials appealed on Sunday to the Egyptian authorities to reopen the Rafah border crossing, which was closed last week following a terrorist attack that killed 33 Egyptian soldiers in Sinai, warning that the continued blockade on the ... Egypt demolishes Sinai border homes in alleged deal with Israel Israel, Egypt close Gaza's border crossings Egypt blows buildings on Gaza border to create buffer zone |
ABC News | Egypt Journalists Defy Editors on Freedoms ABC News Several hundred Egyptian journalists have rejected a recent policy declaration by newspaper editors pledging near-blind support to the state and banning criticism of the police, army and judiciary in their publications, arguing that the move was ... Egypt Sentences 8 in Connection With Same-Sex Wedding Egypt jails 8 men for 3 years after same-sex wedding video goes viral Egypt Jails 8 Men Over Gay Marriage Video |
ABC News | 8 Convicted for Alleged Same-Sex Wedding in Egypt ABC News An Egyptian court on Saturday convicted eight men for "inciting debauchery" following their appearance in an alleged same-sex wedding party on a Nile boat, sentencing each of them to three years in prison. The Internet video shows two men exchanging ... |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt jails eight men for 'gay wedding' video Aljazeera.com An Egyptian court has sentenced eight men to three years in jail on charges of spreading indecent images through a video purporting to show the country's first gay marriage ceremony. The video, filmed aboard a Nile riverboat, shows what prosecutors ... |
New York Times | Protest Is Muted as Egypt Levels Border Area in Sinai New York Times CAIRO — Egyptian officials faced little popular backlash on Thursday after the military demolished dwellings and displaced thousands of people in a town bordering the Gaza Strip, suggesting the government still enjoyed wide latitude from the public to ... Egypt finds hundreds more tunnels from Gaza Watch: Egypt Expels Gazans and the World is Silent Opinion: Egypt Trapped Between Two Wars |
Egypt Jails jails 8 men over a gay wedding Jerusalem Post According to Human Rights Watch, Egyptian authorities have repeatedly used forensic anal examination in cases of alleged homosexual conduct, which violates international standards against torture. In the past, those subjected to the examinations in ... |
Egypt: We arrested Islamic State terrorists Jerusalem Post Egyptian security forces captured members of a “terrorist cell complicit in several terrorist operations in Egypt” and that received training in Syria before returning to Egypt to commit various crimes, Interior Ministry Spokesman Hany Abdel Lattif ... Egypt detains 35 for joining Islamic militant groups |
BBC News | Egypt jails 'gay wedding video' men BBC News A court in Egypt has sentenced eight men to three years in prison for appearing in a video alleged to show a gay marriage. All eight had denied charges of inciting debauchery and offending public morality. The video, which was posted to YouTube in ... |
Al-Arabiya | Egypt steps up efforts ahead of UN human rights review Al-Arabiya The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign affairs announced this week the beginning of an “intensive preparation” to show its “full commitment to respect the international conventions and the fundamental rights and freedoms,” ahead of the U.N. review on human ... The Middle Eastern nation whose economy is zooming Egypt refers 34 people to military court Egypt is glossing over repression |
Alleged same-sex wedding in Egypt causes eight arrests Las Vegas Review-Journal Eight Egyptian men convicted for "inciting debauchery" following their appearance in a video of an alleged same-sex wedding party on a Nile boat leave the defendant's cage in a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. Saturday's verdict that ... |