Year: 2012

Shura council appoints new human rights council staff

Appointments includes Islamists, rights activists and is headed by Constituent Assembly Chairman

Rana Muhammad Taha

Bahrain court upholds sentences for 20 opposition figures

Bahrain activists found guilty of “conspiring to overthrow the government, having contact…

Basil El-Dabh

Yemeni warplane kills civilians

Warplane was targeting militants who find safe haven in Yemen due to…

Nouran El-Behairy

Lufthansa strike grounds 300 flights

Union demands wage increases for over 18,000 employees

Luiz Sanchez

Tunisian artists face jail

Conservative crackdown continues in post-revolutionary Tunisia

Connor Molloy

Journalists in Ukraine protest media crackdown

Protesters disrupt Ukrainian president’s speech on press freedom

Luiz Sanchez

Nasrallah threatens US on behalf of Iran

Warnings over a possible Israeli strike against Hezbollah’s major ally

Rana Muhammad Taha

Unlicensed factories and Fraud exacerbate bottled water crisis

A statement by chambers of commerce blames the Egyptian standard specifications

Nouran El-Behairy