Egypt
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Courts & Law
8/20/2023 7:17:59 PM
Expressing appreciation for recent presidential pardons granted to prisoners of conscience, the Egyptian Press Syndicate’s Freedoms Committee called on Sunday for the release of 24 detained journalists, including Karim Asaad.
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World
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Africa
8/18/2023 12:42:05 PM
The United Nations on Friday slammed the generals who have seized power in Niger on "a whim" and plunged the country further into misery, demanding that constitutional order be immediately restored.
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World
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Region
7/27/2023 1:02:18 PM
UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Thursday called on Israel to heed those demonstrating for "the defence of democracy and fundamental freedoms" in the face of controversial judicial reforms.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/26/2023 1:06:32 PM
The solution of the Sudan crisis lies in the hands of the Sudanese people, concluded the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) on Tuesday at the end of the bloc's two-day meeting in Cairo.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
7/24/2023 3:54:14 PM
Sudan’s Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) opened its two-day meeting in Cairo on Monday in a bid to end the war in Sudan.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/21/2023 5:54:09 PM
Al-Azhar has condemned the repeated burnings of the Quran in Sweden under the guise of freedom of expression and called for “unified and serious stances” towards Sweden's “anti-Islam and anti-Muslim policies."
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World
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International
7/2/2023 6:33:08 PM
Sweden's government on Sunday condemned this week's burning of a Koran outside Stockholm's main mosque, calling it an "Islamophobic" act, after an international Islamic body called for measures to avoid future burnings.
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World
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Africa
6/20/2023 8:37:13 PM
Senegalese President Macky Sall on Tuesday vowed to strengthen "democracy and freedom" in his country, in his first public reaction to deadly unrest sparked by the conviction of a popular opposition leader.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/18/2023 11:10:16 PM
Political forces, experts and professors gathered on Sunday under the National Dialogue’s umbrella to call for activating constitutional provisions that maintain universities’ independence and academic freedoms.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
6/16/2023 7:04:40 PM
Under the slogan "Freedom, Future, History," the embassy of the Philippines in Cairo celebrated the 125th anniversary of its independence on Monday in Zamalek.
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Heritage
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Inspiring Minds
6/16/2023 2:43:48 PM
It was a full house on Saturday evening at the freshly renovated El-Nahda Culture and Scientific Renaissance Association -Jesuit Cairo, as attendees gathered to remember the life of the Jesuit brother who spent his life championing cultural pursuits and freedom of expression.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/11/2023 9:53:21 PM
Head of Egypt’s Syndicate of Journalists, Khaled El-Balshy, called for cancelling the jail penalty for publishing cases, in light of the constitution, during the Sunday session of the National Dialogue, which was held to call for issuing the long-awaited Freedom of Information Act.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/30/2023 9:42:44 PM
The National Dialogue resumes sessions on 4 June to discuss a new stream of political, economic, and social reforms, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
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Egypt
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Politics
5/26/2023 5:48:51 PM
The Board of Trustees of the National Dialogue has approved the agenda for the sessions of the third week of the dialogue, which is set to begin on Sunday 4 June, Diaa Rashwan, the dialogue’s general coordinator said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/26/2023 2:46:00 PM
During this week's National Dialogue sessions, the focus was on the future of political parties in Egypt.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
5/26/2023 2:06:00 PM
The National Dialogue Committee on Public Freedoms and Human Rights has focused on measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination since it started its work last week.
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Opinion
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5/20/2023 7:15:34 PM
The issues of culture, public and individual freedoms, education and the liberation of the public sphere are crucial for the success of the National Dialogue.
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Egypt
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Society
5/15/2023 7:41:46 PM
Egypt approved on Monday the legalization of an additional 216 Christian churches that had been operating without a permit as the government continues efforts to promote freedom of worship.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/14/2023 1:56:00 PM
Fatma Khafagy, a member of the National Dialogue Board of Trustees, said on Sunday that she has submitted a draft law to establish an anti-discrimination commission to the dialogue’s Committee on Human Rights and Public Freedoms.
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World
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International
5/14/2023 11:56:58 AM
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan called for nationwide "freedom" protests on Sunday, after his brief arrest and detention this week triggered deadly unrest.
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