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World
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International
12/21/2022 12:57:35 PM
The Taliban have slowly returned to their hardline position against the education of women and their freedoms since their return to power in Afghanistan 16 months ago.
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World
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International
12/20/2022 10:28:15 PM
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned university education for females nationwide, as the hardline Islamists continue to crush women's right to education and freedom.
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World
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International
12/14/2022 9:24:13 PM
Peru's new government declared 30-day national emergency on Wednesday amid violent protests following the ouster of President Pedro Castillo, suspending the rights of ``personal security and freedom'' across the Andean nation.
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World
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International
12/7/2022 11:02:00 AM
China announced Wednesday a nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions following protests against the hardline strategy that grew into calls for greater political freedoms.
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World
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International
12/2/2022 1:55:22 PM
Cities across China further unwound Covid restrictions Friday, loosening testing and quarantine rules in the wake of nationwide protests calling for an end to lockdowns and greater political freedoms.
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World
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Region
12/2/2022 1:01:06 PM
Hady Amr, the recently appointed US Department of State’s special representative for Palestinian affairs bureau of near eastern affairs, spoke in a special briefing via telephone about the US’s commitment to “lifting up Palestinian lives” by helping them to achieve freedom, dignity and justice.
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World
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International
11/29/2022 12:26:11 PM
China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.
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World
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International
11/28/2022 10:33:14 PM
US President Joe Biden is closely monitoring unrest in China by protesters demanding an end to Covid lockdowns and greater political freedoms, the White House said Monday, as smaller demonstrations spilled over outside the country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
11/23/2022 2:29:00 PM
An agreement between the Forces of Freedom and Change and the Sudanese Sovereignty Council is within reach in Sudan, holding out the possibility of an end to the conflict in the country.
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World
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International
11/10/2022 9:51:38 PM
The Taliban are banning women from using gyms in Afghanistan, an official in Kabul said Thursday, the religious group's latest edict cracking down on women's rights and freedoms since they took power more than a year ago.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
11/8/2022 10:32:10 PM
Tarek Osman writes on Abdel-Rahman Al-Kawakibi, an originally Syrian thinker who spent his last years in Cairo, as part of his series of articles on the makers of modern Egypt
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/2/2022 10:34:40 PM
Italy is ready to enhance bilateral cooperation with Egypt in energy security, Mediterranean and Middle East stability, human rights, and religious freedom, new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stressed on Sunday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/27/2022 9:20:16 PM
Islamist lifestyle influencers on social media are propagating regressive and narrowly consumerist messages about women’s rights and freedoms, writes Sameh Fawzy
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
9/23/2022 2:17:00 PM
Iran is facing growing internal restlessness with increasing restrictions on personal freedoms and a deepening economic crisis.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/30/2022 12:12:00 PM
The 19-member Board of Trustees responsible for preparing the national dialogue proposed by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi in April is set to resume meetings.
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World
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International
8/27/2022 7:21:38 PM
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Saturday that the potential extradition and prosecution of Julian Assange raised concerns for media freedom and could have a "chilling effect" on investigative journalism.
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Opinion
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Opinion
8/25/2022 12:36:00 PM
Nevine Mosaad discusses the recommendations of a National Council for Human Rights panel on freedom of creativity and academic freedom
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World
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International
8/16/2022 11:28:52 AM
The United States and South Korea will begin their biggest combined military training in years next week in the face of an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which has been ramping up weapons tests and threats of nuclear conflict against Seoul and Washington, the South's military said Tuesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/9/2022 10:48:26 PM
Over two days, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) organised a panel discussion on a topic rarely discussed in the public sphere: Freedom of Creativity and Academic Freedoms.
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World
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Africa
8/2/2022 1:46:08 PM
The war in northern Ethiopia has accelerated the deterioration of press freedom, erasing progress made by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after he came to power in 2018, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said.
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