Children behind bars
CAIRO: The dismal chapter in the life of Omaima, a 27-year-old from Qaliubiya, started when she signed checks on behalf of her elderly father. Her sister was getting married, and…
ID card policy violates religious freedom, say rights groups
CAIRO: Human Rights Watch and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights called on the government to allow Egyptian citizens to list their actual religion on national ID cards and other…
Adopt a child for a day
CAIRO: In celebration of the Universal Children's Day (UCD), people are invited to adopt a child for one day and make them feel like they are part of a family.…
Save the Sphinx, beckons one Egyptologist
CAIRO: An Egyptologist launched a website aimed at warning against the underground water that is threatening the Sphinx and other antiquities in the Pyramid plateau.On his website "Save the Sphinx,…
The power of philanthropy
CAIRO: Egyptians are, generally speaking, charitable. It's an essential element of our cultural values. We're all familiar with the mobile phone messages petitioning on behalf of a charity case. In…
Grand Mufti says media misquoted 'drowning fatwa'
CAIRO: Mufti Ali Gomaa denied Tuesday false claims made by the media following his fatwa concerning the illegal migrants who recently drowned off the Italian coast.Gomaa's fatwa - that these…
Three police officers indicted in Qalubiya torture case
CAIRO: A man in Qalubyia is accusing three police officers of torturing and sodomizing him in June of last year.This comes only a week after two police officers were sentenced…
Reformist judge to monitor human rights violations
CAIRO: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) selected Judge Hisham Al-Bastawisy, vice chairman of the Egyptian Court of Appeals, to become the organization's representative…
Blogger alleges being tortured in prison
CAIRO: In yet another case of alleged torture and police brutality, imprisoned blogger Kareem Amer claims in a letter he wrote to his lawyers to have been severely beaten and…