The death toll from three days of unrest in Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square has risen to 33, with more than 1700 injured. More casualties and...
Egyptian protesters fighting for a revolution “stolen” by the military
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CATEGORY: Egypt
Jailed blogger Alaa urges Egyptians to celebrate his birthday in Tahrir
Following the extension of the imprisonment of Alaa Abdel-Fattah for a further fifteen days, the prominent Egyptian blogger has sent a message to...
Alaa: Arrest of blogger mobilises opposition to Egypt’s military rulers
Prolific Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was detained on Sunday after refusing to be interrogated by a military investigator, insisting on his...
Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah: A return to Mubarak’s prisons
Cross posted from Felix Arabia I did not expect that the very same experience would be repeated after five years. After a revolution in which we...
Report: Maikel Nabil Sanad transferred to psychiatric hospital
Sahar Maher, human rights activist and a member of the Free Maikel campaign, has told Index that authorities are transferring Maikel Nabil to a...
Blogger reaches 50th day of hunger strike
Maikel Nabil Sanad is today entering his 50th day of hunger strike. The Egyptian blogger has been abstaining from food since 23 August in protest of...
Egypt: Journalists strike against censorship
Several Egyptian writers and journalists published blank columns in the country's newspapers, in protest against the "military interference" of the...
Blogger passes 40th day of hunger strike
It's Maikel Nabil Sanad's 26th birthday but he is in no celebratory mood. When I arrive at El Marg prison north of Cairo during visiting hours on...
Post revolution worries
Egypt’s post-revolutionary honeymoon appears to be over. The country’s euphoria and pride at the historic public uprising that ousted President...
Raid on Egyptian Al Jazeera offshoot marks new media crackdown
The Cairo offices of Al-Jazeera Mubasher (Direct), an affiliate of the Qatari-based Al-Jazeera International news network, were ransacked by...
Libya: Overcoming the challenges
The world has been watching with bated breath as a third Arab authoritarian regime collapses. Crowds of jubilant Libyans continue to throng the...
Egypt military pardons activist bloggers after criticism‎
Egypt's ruling military council decided on 18 August to drop charges against high-profile activists Asmaa Mahfouz and Louai Nagati. The two had been...
