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Security officials stop Baher Mohamed at Cairo International Airport

Mohamed was detained in December 2013 along with two other Al Jazeera…

Daily News Egypt

TV presenter Islam El-Beheiry’s imprisonment upheld

The independent researcher was accused of insulting the Islamic doctrine

Daily News Egypt

Exam leakers to be jailed

New law stipulates a prison sentence and a fine up to EGP…

Shaimaa Raafat

New York Times ‘obfuscates reality’ in Sinai coverage: Egypt

Israel, not Egypt, is the cause of Gaza’s woes, says Foreign Ministry

Emir Nader

Al-Nour Party defends its national belonging

Debate on the Islamist party’s identity escalates before parliamentary elections

Daily News Egypt

From toys to turbines: Lego branches out into wind energy

Danish toy manufacturer Lego has inaugurated a wind farm off the coast…

Deutsche Welle

Court extends ‘anti-torture t-shirt’ detainee’s detention for 24th time

Prisons are cemeteries and we will continue the battle against arbitrary detention,…

Amira El-Fekki

Freedoms and rights required to face terrorism: Socialist Popular Alliance Party

Party is running in parliamentary elections, hoping to represent political opposition

Amira El-Fekki

Electoral Commission to ban ‘Niqab’ wearing women from voting

Elections set to take place on 17,18,19 October

Amira El-Fekki

‘They deserve freedom’: Bread and Justice Party holds conference on detainees

Speakers roundly dismiss the significance of President Al-Sisi’s Ramadan pardons

Daily News Egypt