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NGOs, NCHR demand revision, participation in drafting anti-terror law

Government promises to take into consideration concerns raised over press freedom

Amira El-Fekki

4 sentenced to death by Mansoura court on terror cell charges

Total of 116 verdicts in 19 cases for ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ supporters by…

Amira El-Fekki

Police officer killed in Beni Suef, 18 others injured in North Sinai

Al-Sisi to ministers: military and police cooperation of utmost security importance

Amira El-Fekki

Egypt’s clerics condemn gay marriage law

Homosexuality “is deterioration of human rights”, says Al-Azhar

Amira El-Fekki

GUC bus driver receives 6-month prison term for student’s death

Death of 19-year-old student sparked fellow students’ anger

Amira El-Fekki

1,552 documented violations against students in 2014/15: AFTE

Arrests, suspensions and various disciplinary measures among violations against students

Nourhan Fahmy

Journalists’ objections to anti-terror law under government revision

Amendment suggests fine instead of prison, sticking to official data only in…

Amira El-Fekki

This law shouldn’t pass: NGOs

Anti-terrorism law prompts fears over exceptional provisions

Daily News Egypt

434 Muslim Brotherhood NGOs shutdown

Ongoing dissolution of civil society organisations raises questions about alternative provisions for…

Daily News Egypt

Muslim Brotherhood supporter reportedly dies in prison due to medical neglect

Essam Hamed was in pre-trial detention for almost two years

Daily News Egypt