The Independent | Laura Plummer: Family of British tourist 'facing the death penalty' in Egypt fear she 'will be murdered or kill herself' The Independent The family of a British tourist who is “facing the death penalty” for taking prescription painkillers into Egypt have said they fear she “will be murdered or kill herself” in prison. Laura Plummer, 33, from Hull, was arrested when border guards at ... Sister of Brit Laura Plummer jailed in Egypt for carrying painkillers fears she will 'be murdered or kill herself ... Hull woman held in Egypt for taking painkillers into country Briton 'faces execution for taking painkillers into Egypt' | Daily Mail ... |
The Guardian | UK 'deeply concerned' by detention of human rights lawyer in Egypt The Guardian “We are concerned at the detention conditions that Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy is reportedly enduring, and continue to call for transparency on prison conditions in Egypt,” said a joint statement published on the British government website late on Friday. |
Washington Post | Egypt's authoritarian crackdown hasn't helped in the fight against terrorism Washington Post After the horrific Palm Sunday attacks on two Coptic Churches in Alexandria and Tanta in Egypt in April, Sissi declared a state of emergency throughout the country. The recently renewed emergency law gives the government the ability to take measures ... |
Globalnews.ca | Egypt TV presenter convicted over 'single mom' comments ABC News An Egyptian court has convicted a female TV presenter of inciting immorality for offering on-air advice to women on how to be single mothers, sentencing her to three years in prison. The imprisonment of presenter Doaa Salah of the privately owned An ... Egyptian TV host jailed for single motherhood discussion - National ... |
Southern Poverty Law Center | Egypt rights lawyer to run for president in 2018 ABC News A prominent rights lawyer will run for president in next year's elections, three senior politicians said Saturday. The move is unlikely to seriously challenge the incumbent general-turned-president's campaign but will test his popularity at a time of ... Anti-LGBT hate group leader meets with Egyptian president criticized as a dictator Jihadists continue to torment Egypt - Death in the desert PA President Abbas to meet Egyptian President Sisi on Monday |
The Guardian | Egyptian TV presenter jailed for pregnancy out of wedlock remarks ... The Guardian Doaa Salah handed three years in jail for 'outraging public decency' after she discussed the possibility of a woman becoming a single mother on her show. Egyptian TV presenter who spoke about single motherhood jailed for 'outraging public decency' Egyptian TV presenter sentenced over pregnancy remarks Egyptian TV presenter sentenced to 3 years for 'promoting indecency' |
The Sun | Egyptian cleric claims men can marry their own DAUGHTERS so long as they were born outside marriage The Sun A MUSLIM cleric tells hardline followers that men can marry their own daughters if they are born out of marriage. Egyptian mullah Mazen Al-Sersawi — a prominent preacher of the Salafist sect in Egypt — says incest between men and their daughters is ... Egyptian cleric says men can marry their own daughters if they are born out of wedlock Egyptian cleric claims Sharia law allows a man to marry his own daughter if she is an illegitimate child |
FRANCE 24 | Egypt archaeologist criticises void 'discovery' in Great Pyramid FRANCE 24 An Egyptian archaeologist overseeing a project to scan a pyramid for voids on Saturday criticised the announcement of a discovery of a passenger plane-sized cavity in the Great Pyramid. Scientists with the ScanPyramids project revealed on Thursday that ... Meet the tech that revealed a hidden chamber inside Egypt's Great Pyramid Scientists discover hidden chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid | The ... Khufu pyramid void draws world attention to Egypt: Minister |
Los Angeles Times | Using particle physics, scientists find hidden structure inside Egypt's ... Los Angeles Times Scientists have found a hidden chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, the first such discovery in the structure since the 19th century and one likely to spark a ... Great Pyramid's previously hidden 'void' hailed by some scientists, dismissed by Egyptian experts Big void discovered in Egypt's Great Pyramid Cosmic rays reveal mysterious void in Egypt's Great Pyramid |
SYFY WIRE (blog) | How a solar eclipse rewrote the history of Ancient Egypt SYFY WIRE (blog) Egyptian pharaohs have given up their age through cryptic hieroglyphs in their tombs or carbon dating of their mummies, but scientists were recently able to unearth when one king of the Nile ruled by examining an ancient Biblical passage that revealed ... |