أرشيف الوسم : egypt

الصحفي محمد فهمي يقود دعوة لإصدار قانون جديد من شأنه أن يحدد الخطوات التي على  السياسيين والبيروقراطيين الكنديين اتخاذها عند احتجاز المواطنين في الخارج. فهمي، جنبا إلى جنب مع منظمة العفو الدولية ومنظمات  اخرى من المجتمع المدني  دعوا الى اصدار “ميثاق حماية”  من شأنه أن يعطي شفافية للخطوات التي يتم تطبيقها حاليا بشكل غير متساو في جميع أنحاء العالم. فهمي، …

صودرت خمسة دور النشر مملوكة  لقادة  من الإخوان المسلمين  من قبل لجنة مكلفة بإدارة أموال الإخوان المسلمين و ذلك وفق ما جاء في موقع “أصوات مصرية” . وقالت اللجنة في بيان لها، أن دور النشر الآن تحت إدارة وزارة الثقافة وأنها تعمل بشكل طبيعي. ودور النشر الخمس بحسب البيان هي،  دار الفتح للإعلام العربي  المملوكة لـ “محمد سيد سابق”، مركز …

  On Tuesday, An official of the Palestinian Islamist movement (Hamas) has been detained at Cairo airport when  he tried to enter Egypt  coming from Saudi Arabia . An airport source said , that Hassan alSaifi, whose name figures on an Egyptian watch list, was detained on arrival , he was still at the airport and would likely be deported. …

No Charges 2 Years After Security Forces Killed At Least 800 Protesters  Human Rights Watch Egyptian authorities have held no government official or member of the security forces responsible for the mass killing of protesters in Cairo’s Rab’a al-Adawiya Square two years ago. On August 14, 2013, security forces killed at least 817 people and most likely more than 1,000 …

  On Wednesday, Egypt’s affiliate of the Islamic State group threatened to execute a Croatian kidnapped in Cairo last month within 48 hours if Muslim women jailed in Egypt are not freed. The man is the first foreigner to be abducted and threatened with death by militants in Egypt since an Islamist insurgency erupted two years ago. In a video …

On Monday ,Iranian PressTV reported that  Iran has canceled its visa fees for nationals of seven countries, in an attempt to revive its tourism sector. The seven countries are; Turkey, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bolivia, Egypt and Syria. The report said that “The new visa regulations state that the citizens of these countries can freely stay in Iran without visa from 15 to …

On Saturday , officials and state media said that  Egypt began the first trial run of its “new Suez canal” before the formal inauguration of the new shipping route next month. Dubbed the Suez Canal Axis, the new 72-kilometer  project aims to  speed up traffic along the existing waterway by reducing the waiting period of vessels, and  boosting revenues for …

On Saturday, a security official and state news agency “MENA ” said that  A powerful explosion in Cairo occurred in front of the Italian consulate and cultural center  in the downtown . The  loud blast was heard by residents of many districts in Cairo. The security official said that a car bomb caused the blast. And still there no immediate claim of responsibility …

 The Egyptian government referred the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) to investigation on the “NGOs foreign funding” case which led previously to the closure of five international organizations operating in Egypt and to jail  sentences for some of their  staff members. In A new statement, 22 Egyptian NGOs including CIHRS itself condemned the latest measure and consider it …

Indian Embassy in Egypt is organizing “India by the nile” festival for the the third time in Cairo between 30 March and 16 April as a way to encourage tourism in Egypt . And to celebrate Indian culture with variety of activities shows Indian contemporary and classical music, dance, theatre, visual art, film, food and literature. It also provides an …