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A Coptic man was on Monday sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a Muslim girl, an incident which…

Egyptian authorities announced the release of more detained Bedouins, as part of a plan to ease tensions between Bedouins and…

Speculations about the new cabinet take up substantial space on the front pages of today’s newspapers. New ministers are expected…

A leading human rights activist has called for an immediate investigation of reports that guards deliberately killed dozens of inmates…

Dozens of prisoners were killed when a fire broke out at a prison in al-Menesteir town in Tunisia. Dozens of…

A delegation from the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), headed by council vice president Moqbel Shaker, praised the facilities…

No song better depicts the struggle for Cairo’s streets than Salah Jahin’s "Al-Sharaa Lemin?" (For Whom are These Streets?). “These…

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba--Omar Khadr, a Canadian captured at age 15 by US troops in Afghanistan, goes on trial Tuesday at…

Conflicting reports as to whether or not the Interior Minister has banned family visits to prisoners on the first and…