Egypt's Security Agents Smother Streets of Cairo to Prevent Protests Kareem Fahim, The New York Times 25 April 2016 Image: Protesters in central Cairo on Monday. Demonstrations at several prearranged meeting spots never happened and impromptu rallies were quickly dispersed. CreditAmr Abd El-Rahman/European Pressphoto Agency CAIRO — The security agents lurked in alleyways, at metro stations and in armored cars, looking for signs of trouble. They

Islamic State claims Cairo courthouse bombing which wounded 29 Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Reuters 20 August 2015     Image: A security official stands guard at the site of a bomb blast at a national security building in Shubra Al-Khaima, on the outskirts of Cairo, August 20, 2015. Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany   Islamic State's Egypt affiliate said it was behind a car bombing that wounded 29 people near a state security building and courthouse

Meet the feminists changing the world for girls from Kenya to Egypt Ellie Mae O'Hagan, The Guardian 13 April 2015   Sri Lanka Sarah Soysa: ‘Young feminists are considered to be an evil, scary threat’ Feminism is needed for teenage girls in Sri Lanka. Women, young people and transgender people are harassed and disempowered. Opportunities are taken away from them. Sri Lanka has a particularly high teenage pregnancy rate. A Unicef study found

Egypt FGM trial 'convicts Raslan Fadl of manslaughter' BBC News World 26 January 2015   An Egyptian doctor has been convicted in a landmark appeal of carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM), a lawyer and campaign group say. Raslan Fadl was fined, and jailed for two years with labour, for manslaughter with a further three months for FGM. His clinic was also closed for a year. The doctor had denied carrying out FGM on 13-year-old Suhair al-Bataa.

Egyptian Court Acquits 26 Men Accused of Debauchery Kareem Fahimjan, New York Times 12 January 2015 CAIRO — A Cairo court on Monday acquitted 26 men accused of “debauchery” in a case that was seen as evidence of an intensifying crackdown on gay men by the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. The men were charged in December after the police raided a Cairo bathhouse, apparently tipped off by an Egyptian television host who filmed the

Egyptian terror group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis pledges alliance to ISIS By Ian Lee and Sarah Sirgany, CNN 20 November 2014 A vehicle explodes. Two trucks full of armed men race closer to the resulting crater at the Karm el-Kawadees army camp in North Sinai. The black-clad militants chase the survivors, killing all the soldiers. All of it is captured on video. At least 31 Egyptian soldiers were killed in the October attack, the deadliest to date committed

Egypt's Sisi calls on West to support Libya to avoid new Syria, Iraq By Shadi Bushra, Stephen Kalin, and Omar Fahmy, Reuters 20 November 2014 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged the United States and Europe on Thursday to help the Libyan army in its fight against Islamist militants now to save the country from requiring intervention on the scale of Iraq and Syria. Sisi said there was a danger to the region from conflict in Libya where

Egypt Will Expand Its Security Zone Near Gaza Strip By Kareem Fahim and Merna Thomas 17 November 2014 Egypt’s military said on Monday that it intended to double the size of a secured buffer zone in a town bordering the Gaza Strip after discovering smuggling tunnels across the frontier that were longer than expected, according to state news media. Last month, with little warning, the military began destroying hundreds of houses and other dwellings

Egypt Warplanes Hit Libya Militias, Officials Say By Maggie Michael and Omar Almosmari, The Associated Press 15 October 2014 Egypt deepened its involvement in the fight against Islamist militias who have taken over key parts of Libya on Wednesday, with officials saying Egyptian warplanes have bombed their positions in the eastern city of Benghazi. The two officials, who have firsthand knowledge of the operation, said the use of the aircraft was part

Egypt: Release women’s rights defender, protesters arrested for challenging draconian protest law Amnesty International 12 September 2014 The Egyptian authorities must release activists who were arrested simply for defying the country’s repressive protest law and are due to stand trial on 13 September, said Amnesty International.  Prominent women’s human rights defender Yara Sallam and the well-known human rights activist Sanaa Seif are