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 government Egypt's leaders issue warnings over planned protest Egypt Clamps Down on Protests Over Red Sea Islands |
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 ... |
VICE News | 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 murder Egypt investigates Reuters journalists over report linking police to missing student Egypt Investigating Reuters Cairo Chief Over Giulio Regeni Story |
The National | 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 slumps |
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 Anzacs |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |