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Police officers remove the carts and stalls of street vendors during an operation along the Nile cornice Mohamed Omar
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Policing Egypt’s street vendors

Street vendors pose many challenges to the government, would policing them solve…

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
The pictures, videos and first-hand accounts that emerged after the clashes ended, provided damning evidence that the police force unlawfully used firearms. The police force’s use of firearms broke both Egyptian and international law, according to an Amnesty International report. The attempt to forcefully break up the peaceful protest on 19 November is in direct violation of article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (which Egypt is party to) ensures the “right of peaceful assembly” with no restrictions. There has been no feasible justification for the use of force against the peaceful protesters, as they were not posing a threat to national security, public safety or public order. Hassan Ibrahim
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Remembering Mohamed Mahmoud: The good, the bad, and the Brotherhood

The tale of one of the most iconic streets of the revolution

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
Bishop Tawadros confers with members of the Coptic Church at Saint Bishoy Monastery Hassan Ibrahim
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Papal enthronement

Pope Tawadros II: Background and biography

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
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The Daily News Egypt talks journalism

The Daily News Egypt staff reflects their personal experiences in journalism

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
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Children with disabilities: a struggle to cope

A rural rehabilitation centre faces financial and social barriers in its struggle…

Adham Roshdy
Adham Roshdy
Non-Islamists are threatening to withdraw from the assembly tasked with drafting the new constitution
civil society

The nationalisation of Egypt’s civil society

The legal framework governing civil society organisations is restrictive, discussions continue to…

Sarah El Masry
Sarah El Masry
Sandra Tombe with Peter Robbins, former Lacrosse coach at Dunn School
asylum seekers

Refuge for refugees

People use St. Andrews’ Refugee Services to find help for life in…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
East African street vendors sell black market goods on Neve Sha’anan street in Tel Aviv Connor Molloy / Daily News Egypt
asylum seekers

A tortuous journey

The fate of Eritreans fleeing to Sudan, Egypt, and Israel

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
Murals and posters at a memorial rally for Essam Attam shows police and security force commanders who campaigners believe are responsible for torture and abuse of detainees Hassan Ibrahim
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Torture since the revolution

Torture under Mubarak, continuing under Morsy?

Adham Roshdy
Adham Roshdy
Coptic Christians around the world are waiting for the results of a selection process that has developed over hundreds of years Laurence Underhill
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Papal elections then and now

The Coptic Church will announce its 118th leader next Sunday. The new…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh