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Rights groups urge Egypt to free jailed blogger
GENEVA — Thirty rights groups and activists united on Thursday in a call for Egypt to release a jailed blogger who has been staging a hunger strike since August. A military court sentenced Michael Nabil, 26, to three years in prison in April for insulting the armed forces on his…
UN ‘concerned’ about beatings of women in Egypt
UNITED NATIONS — The UN women’s agency on Thursday expressed “great concern” over the recent attacks on women protesters in Egypt and called on military to respect their civil rights. “Women, along with men and children, have been victims of the excessive use of force against peaceful protesters over this…
U.S. condemns Egyptian ‘Hitler’ remark
WASHINGTON — A US official voiced outrage Tuesday after an adviser to Egypt’s military said that some protesters facing down troops in Cairo should be “thrown into Hitler’s incinerators.” Retired general Abdelmoneim Kato’s “anti-Semitic comments are outrageous, offensive and clearly unacceptable,” Hannah Rosenthal, the US special envoy against anti-Semitism, wrote…
Egypt military ‘regrets’ women beaten in protests
Egypt’s military said on Tuesday it strongly regretted attacks on female demonstrators as footage of soldiers beating women fuelled deadly anti-military protests in Cairo for a fifth straight day. The ruling generals, facing a backlash after footage circulated of soldiers beating female protesters and partly stripping a veiled woman as they dragged her, pledged…
Egypt’s Tahrir clashes rage on for fifth day
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police and soldiers fired weapons and used batons and teargas for a fifth day on Tuesday in the latest effort to clear Cairo’s central Tahrir Square of opponents of army rule, amid mounting international concern about the violence. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned as “shocking”…
Clinton says women sidelined in Egypt transition
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that women were being sidelined in the hoped-for transition to democracy in Egypt, including during the current parliamentary elections. “In Egypt, women have been largely excluded from the transition process and even harassed in the street,” Clinton said in prepared remarks for…
Egypt’s economic woes mount
CAIRO — The success of Islamist parties in Egypt’s elections could aggravate an already serious economic crisis in the Arab world’s most populous nation, analysts say. Since an uprising in January and February that toppled the 30-year regime of Hosni Mubarak, attention has mostly focused on the political upheaval in…
Islamists sweep early results in Egypt election
Early results from Egypt’s first post-revolution election showed Islamist parties sweeping to victory, including hardline Salafists, with secular parties being trounced in many areas. Partial figures trickled in for the areas of the country that voted in record numbers on Monday and Tuesday, confirming earlier predictions that Islamist parties would…
Egypt braces for protests on eve of elections
Egypt braced for fresh demonstrations on Sunday amid a tense standoff between the country’s military rulers and pro-democracy protesters on the eve of the first elections since the January revolution. Egyptians go to the polls on Monday to cast their first votes for a new parliament after the end of…
WATCH LIVE: ‘Million-man’ protest in Egypt’s Tahrir Square
Activists in Egypt have called for a million demonstrators to gather Tuesday in Tahrir Square to call for and end to military rule in the country. At least 33 people have reportedly died since the latest clashes began. Watch this live video from MSNBC, broadcast Nov. 22, 2011. Visit msnbc.com…
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