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Military Tribunals in Egypt - Khairat Al-Shatar
Interview with Zahra Khairat Al-Shatar in May 2010. She is the daughter of Khairat Al-Shatar, arbitrarily detained in Egypt and one of the many Egyptian civilians to be tried in a military tribunal.
Regions: Egypt
Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Human rights defenders
Edinburgh Taster: Elias Khoury and Bahaa Taher
Elias Khoury and Bahaa Taher, two widely respected Arabic writers, will be discussing their work at the Frontline Club before they appear together at the Edinburgh Literary Festival.Yalo, Elias Khoury...
Regions: Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine
Issues: Torture
Inside Story - A Hate Crime or Simply a Crime? - 10 Jul 09
Inside story discusses the motivation behind the killing of Marwa al-sherbini.
...Regions: Egypt, Germany
Issues: Violence
Guest post: Randa Abo Eldahab, Freedom House Fellow from Egypt
I’m Randa Abo Eldahab, and I am spending the next month at WITNESS on a Freedom House Fellowship. I’m from Cairo, Egypt, where I work for an o...
Regions: Egypt
Egyptian bloggers face risks and repression
Egyptian officials have arrested at least 30 people for online activism over the build-up of a nationwide general strike planned for Monday. ...
Regions: Egypt
Issues: Freedom of opinion & expression, Labor, Police brutality
Police brutality in Egypt: New Mobile Phone Footage from Wael Abbas
Egyptian journalist Hossam el-Hamalawy has just posted a note on his blog - 3arabawy - highlighting this new police brutality video leaked to blogger ...
Regions: Egypt
Issues: Detention, Police brutality, Torture
Roundup: Highlights this week on the Hub
Here are three videos worth watching from this week on the Hub:
Regions: Cambodia, Egypt
Issues: Armed conflict, Housing, Justice
Sinai footage #2, via Wael Abbas
- This video contains graphic footage of human rights abuses, viewer discretion is advised - Clashes between Egyptian security forces and local Bedouin communities in the Sinai Peninsula have l...
Regions: Egypt
Issues: Discrimination, Impunity, Indigenous peoples
Sinai footage #1, via Wael Abbas
This video contains graphic footage of human rights abuses, viewer discretion is advised.
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Regions: Egypt
Issues: Discrimination, Impunity, Indigenous peoples
Sinai's Bedouins up in arms - 13 Nov 2008
Egypt has dispatched large numbers of security forces to the Sinai Peninsula after violent clashes between the army and the local tribesmen left four dead. ...