Egypt criticizes US decision to withhold aid
Egypt on Wednesday criticized a U.S. decision to withhold millions of dollars in aid over human rights concerns. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry described…
Human Rights in Egypt
Adolescent girls in Egypt sold as sex slaves to rich tourists from Gulf countries – Photos
Hundreds of under-age Egyptian girls enter temporary marriages with rich tourists from the Persian Gulf during the summer in return for money for their families….
Poverty leads parents to kill their children in Egypt
An Egyptian father threw his two sons from a bridge over the River Nile last week because the economic crisis in the country meant he…
Law to establish media regulating body in Egypt
A new council tasked with fining and suspending media outlets and publications will be set up in Egypt under a law that was passed on…
Egypt arrests Al Jazeera journalist. The agency condemns it
Al Jazeera Media Network has denied “fabricated charges” against its news producer who was arrested in Egypt on Friday. The Qatar-based Network on Sunday demanded…
Egypt: Photographer arrested for filming images of “Aleppo suffering”
It was destined to be an iconic image: a small girl holding a teddy bear in a white dress marked by blood splotches with the…
15 years of jail for female circumcision in Egypt
Egypt has stepped up the penalty for female genital mutilation, raising the minimum prison sentence from three months to five years. The maximum penalty is…