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Egypt's Security Agents Smother Streets of Cairo to Prevent Protests - New York Times Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:12:38 GMT

New York Times

Egypt's Security Agents Smother Streets of Cairo to Prevent Protests
New York Times
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt sent what seemed like all of his men onto the streets of Cairo on Monday, in a show of force and anxiety aimed at preventing any protests against his rule, and denying his growing chorus of critics any public space.
Egypt police suppress protests against Sisi governmentThe Guardian
Egypt's leaders issue warnings over planned protestCNN
Egypt Clamps Down on Protests Over Red Sea IslandsTIME
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Egyptian Police Stifle Plans for Mass Protest Over Islands - ABC News Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:13:26 GMT

Egyptian Police Stifle Plans for Mass Protest Over Islands
ABC News
Thousands of Egyptian riot police on Monday stifled plans for mass demonstrations against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's rule, using tear gas, birdshot and beating up young activists to quickly disperse flash protests by hundreds in what evolved ...

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Egypt's Police Are Going After the Journalists Who Linked Them to Italian Student's Murder - VICE News Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:34:02 GMT

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Egypt's Police Are Going After the Journalists Who Linked Them to Italian Student's Murder
VICE News
It's been four days since Reuters published an expose implicating Egyptian security forces in the kidnapping, torture, and murder of Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni, and in Egypt threats against the news organization are mounting. Regeni was a ...
Egypt investigates Reuters journalist over report on Regeni murderThe Guardian
Egypt investigates Reuters journalists over report linking police to missing studentFox News
Egypt Investigating Reuters Cairo Chief Over Giulio Regeni StoryNewsweek
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Egypt tourism revenue down 66 pct in Q1 2016 - Reuters Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:28:00 GMT

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Egypt tourism revenue down 66 pct in Q1 2016
Reuters
More than 14.7 million tourists visited Egypt in 2010, dropping to 9.8 million in 2011. In the first quarter of 2016 just 1.2 million tourists travelled to Egypt, down from 2.2 million a year earlier, said economic adviser to the ministry of tourism ...
Egypt looks to turn the tide as tourism slumpsThe National

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Egypt's Military Regime Grows More Brutal - Cato Institute (blog) Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:19:24 GMT

Neos Kosmos

Egypt's Military Regime Grows More Brutal
Cato Institute (blog)
The Middle East has long been hostile to Christians and other religious minorities. Among those at risk are Egypt's Copts. During the reign of dictator Hosni Mubarak, the U.S. State Department called the status of Egyptian religious liberty “poor” and ...
Egyptians, Greeks and AnzacsNeos Kosmos

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British woman left paralysed after a horse falls on her in Egypt - Daily Mail Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:20:57 GMT

Daily Mail

British woman left paralysed after a horse falls on her in Egypt
Daily Mail
A British woman has been left paralysed after being crushed by a horse in a horrific riding accident in Egypt but her family are hoping to raise the money to fly her home. Olivia Fairclough, 31, from Stockton-on-Tees, broke her back when a horse fell ...

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Egypt's Sisi Calls for Unity Ahead of More Protests Over Island Deal With Saudi Arabia - Wall Street Journal Sun, 24 Apr 2016 15:19:40 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Egypt's Sisi Calls for Unity Ahead of More Protests Over Island Deal With Saudi Arabia
Wall Street Journal
CAIRO—Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi on Sunday urged citizens to stand united against “forces of evil” seeking to destabilize the country, a day before more planned protests against his ceding of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. “We have ...

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Where is Egypt headed? - Voltaire Network Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:15:00 GMT

Voltaire Network

Where is Egypt headed?
Voltaire Network
For the last five years, the history of Egypt, like that of many other Arab states, has been a succession of conspiracies, violence, announcements and denials. Everything that international public opinion has believed at one moment or another has been ...


Leading rights activist warns of unknown future for NGOs in Egypt - Al-Monitor Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:12:56 GMT

Al-Monitor

Leading rights activist warns of unknown future for NGOs in Egypt
Al-Monitor
CAIRO — Egyptian human rights organizations are facing a major crisis that threatens their very existence. A number of those affiliated with these organizations are being prosecuted for their criticism of the current regime's policies, and the ...


25 April: Egypt's paradox of repression - Daily News Egypt Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:34:11 GMT

Daily News Egypt

25 April: Egypt's paradox of repression
Daily News Egypt
State repression has been one of the main characteristics of Egypt's post-30 June regime. Repression in the post-30 June era has taken on various forms and has been carried out through multiple means, such as direct state violence, despotic legislation ...