Home News
Court upholds prison sentence for activist
Others | 10 May 2012
Initial reactions varied towards Tuesday's controversial decision by the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC) to indefinitely suspend all of its activities, with some political forces blaming the legal body, while others took a swipe at the People's Assembly (the lower house of Egypt's parliament)...
More
Military refuses to disclose number of detainees in Abbasseya clashes
Others | 10 May 2012
Major General Adel al-Morsy, head of the military judiciary, on Tuesday refused to disclose the number of people detained in the clashes that erupted last Friday between demonstrators and army troops in front of the Defense Ministry in Abbasseya...
More
Egypt's SPEC in hot water for halting activities, others criticise MPs
Others | 10 May 2012
Initial reactions varied towards Tuesday's controversial decision by the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC) to indefinitely suspend all of its activities, with some political forces blaming the legal body, while others took a swipe at the People's Assembly (the lower house of Egypt's parliament)...
More
Parliamentary committee approves tougher punishment for 'distorting' Quran
Others | 10 May 2012
Parliament’s Proposals and Complaints Committee on Tuesday approved a draft law submitted by MP Yasser al-Qady proposing a harsher punishment for printing the Quran without a license...
More
Presidential election won’t be postponed, says elections commission chairman
Others | 10 May 2012
In press statements on Tuesday, Farouk Sultan, chairman of the Presidential Elections Commission, said the election will be held on time...
More
BREAKING: Workers at steel plant block Cairo-Alex highway over wages
Others | 9 May 2012
Two thousand workers at Beshay Steel factories blocked the Cairo-Alexandria desert highway early Tuesday demanding better pay, an Ahram Online journalist at the scene reported...
More
Presidential commission halts work after receiving criticism from Parliament
Others | 9 May 2012
The Presidential Elections Commission said it would stop its work in preparation for the election due later this month after what it said was an insult to the committee by members of Parliament during its session on Monday...
More
Parliament approves Presidential Elections Law amendments
Others | 9 May 2012
Parliament has introduced amendments to the Presidential Elections Law on Monday that are meant to ensure that no forgery takes place...
More
293 people referred to trial over cabinet clashes
Others | 9 May 2012
The judges investigating the clashes that took place last December in front of the cabinet building decided on Monday to refer 293 people to trial...
More
Tensions between Egypt cabinet and parliament ease
Others | 9 May 2012
Intensive efforts have been exerted in recent days to put an end to the three-month-long showdown between the government of prime minister Kamal El-Ganzouri and the Islamist-dominated parliament.
..
More
Three presidential hopefuls mull 'consensus candidate' for Egypt's embattled left
Others | 8 May 2012
Egyptian presidential candidates Hamdeen Sabbahi, Abul-Ezz El-Hariri and Hisham Bastawisi plan to hold a meeting on Monday in hopes of reaching agreement on a single presidential contender to represent Egypt's leftist political forces, sources close to the three men's electoral campaigns told Ahram Online. Egypt's first post-Mubarak presidential poll will be held on 23 and 24 May...
More
Trial of steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz adjourned to 9 May
Others | 8 May 2012
Giza Criminal Court has adjourned the profiteering case of businessman Ahmed Ezz, former Industry Minister Ibrahim Mohamedein and five representatives of Dekheila Steel Company to 9 May...
More
Human rights council delegation to visit Abbasseya detainees
Others | 8 May 2012
Members of a committee formed by the government’s National Human Rights Council decided on Monday to meet with individuals who have been detained following the violence that took place over the last week outside the Defense Ministry in Abbasseya, Cairo...
More
I wouldn’t serve an Islamist as vice president, says Sabbahi
Others | 8 May 2012
Presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi said Sunday that he would not serve as vice president to an Islamist or a member of the former regime because it would be against his political perspective and his view of what Egypt needed...
More
Fewer NGOs seek to monitor election after funding crackdown
Others | 8 May 2012
Only 60 local NGOs have applied to monitor the presidential election scheduled for 23 and 24 May, according to Egypt's flagship newspaper, Al-Ahram...
More
Egypt's political forces say violence may curtail political progress
Others | 7 May 2012
Several political forces have voiced concern over possible ramifications following Friday's Abbasiya clashes, saying such violence could negatively affect the transitional period that should see a new constitution drafted and a post-uprising president elected...
More
Hundreds of activists accused as military police crackdown on solidarity demonstrators continues
Others | 7 May 2012
According to a military source, the North Cairo military prosecution has decided Saturday to keep in custody for 15 days pending investigations 300 of those arrested Friday. The accused were arrested following mass demonstrations against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) at the Ministry of Defence in Abbasiya...
More
Journalists Syndicate chairman demands release of journalists detained in Abbasseya
Others | 7 May 2012
Mamdouh al-Wali, head of the Journalists Syndicate, called on the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces to immediately release the journalists and media personnel who had been arrested during the clashes that took place on Friday in Abbasseya between military police and protesters...
More
Women arrested during Egypt's Friday demonstrations will be released: Head of military prosecution
Others | 7 May 2012
The head of the military prosecution Adel El-Morsi announced on Saturday that all the women who have been arrested during the Friday demonstrations at the ministry of defence will be released. According to lawyers and military statements, at least 14 women have been amongst those arrested on Friday...
More
Egypt's political forces say violence may curtail political progress
Others | 7 May 2012
Several political forces have voiced concern over possible ramifications following Friday's Abbasiya clashes, saying such violence could negatively affect the transitional period that should see a new constitution drafted and a post-uprising president elected...
More
Thousands march to Abbasseya, military withdraws leaving police
Others | 4 May 2012
Thousands of protestors are marching in a rally that started from Fatah Mosque in Ramses Square on Thursday evening heading to Abbasseya, where 11 protesters were killed by suspected supporters of Egypt’s military rulers...
More