Al-Tahrir
Abu Islam and son imprisoned for insulting Christianity
Egypt
June 16, 2013
Abu Islam and son imprisoned for insulting Christianity
Nasr City Misdemeanour Court has sentenced Abu Islam, the controversial Salafi preacher, to 11 years in prison for insulting Christianity…
Journalist found guilty of assaulting police officer, gets year in prison
Egypt
January 7, 2013
Journalist found guilty of assaulting police officer, gets year in prison
Walid Ismail, a journalist at the independent newspaper Al-Tahrir, has been reportedly sentenced to one year in prison for assaulting…
Abu Islam Bible desecration trial postponed to 21 October
Egypt
October 14, 2012
Abu Islam Bible desecration trial postponed to 21 October
The Nasr City Misdemeanor Court has postponed the blasphemy trial of Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud Abdallah, aka Abu Islam; his…
Updated: To protest military rule, ElBaradei will not run for presidency
Egypt
January 14, 2012
Updated: To protest military rule, ElBaradei will not run for presidency
Mohamed ElBaradei pulled out of the race for the Egyptian presidency on Saturday, saying "the previous regime" was still running…
Thursday’s papers: New Freedom and Justice daily rejects ‘Selmy’s constitution’
Egypt
November 3, 2011
Thursday’s papers: New Freedom and Justice daily rejects ‘Selmy’s constitution’
"Egypt rejects 'Selmy’s constitution'" is the main headline of the new partisan Freedom and Justice daily, which the Muslim Brotherhood…
Egyptian columnists protest military censorship
Egypt
October 5, 2011
Egyptian columnists protest military censorship
Three Egyptian columnists are withholding their regular commentaries in an independent daily to protest what they say is censorship by…
Brotherhood pressures martyr’s family to drop charges
Egypt
August 10, 2011
Brotherhood pressures martyr’s family to drop charges
A number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders have asked the family of a protester fatally wounded during a peaceful march in…
Sundays’ papers: The revolution continues, SCAF ignores it
Egypt
July 10, 2011
Sundays’ papers: The revolution continues, SCAF ignores it
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf spoke for a few minutes on Saturday, vowing to accelerate prosecutions of those who killed the…