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Egypt lawmakers approve human trafficking bill
The Egyptian Parliament on Monday voted to enact new legislation aimed at combating the growing number of human traffickers along its coast. Smugglers and their middlemen will now face prison terms or fines , and the law also penalizes anyone who a (More) |
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UN rights expert: Egypt restricting NGOs, rights defenders
Maina Kiai , UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, warned Tuesday that the Egyptian government "seems to be systematically attacking civil society in an effort to silence its voice." Specifically targeting non-go (More) |
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UN rights expert warns arms deals are threat to human rights
Independent UN human rights expert Alfred de Zayas said Thursday that "rms deals are a major threat to security, peace and human rights." De Zayas, the UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, expl (More) |
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Egypt court freezes assets of human rights activists and NGOs
An Egyptian court on Saturday froze assets of five notable human rights activists and three NGOs for allegedly accepting foreign funds without governmental authorization. Though a criminal proceeding has yet to take place, this order likely spells c (More) |
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Egypt passes law regulating building of churches
The Egyptian Parliament on Tuesday passed a new law regulating church building, purportedly to support the nation's Christian minority. Church building has long been contentious in Egypt, where only a tenth of the nation's population of 90 million (More) |
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Egypt human rights lawyer released after being detained for defying president
Egyptian human rights lawyer Malek Adly was released from prison Sunday following a Saturday decision by an Egyptian court. Adly had been held in solitary confinement for more than 100 days without a formal charge, and his incarceration was pinned o (More) |
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Egypt prosecutor orders arrests in wheat import investigation
Egypt's public prosecutor on Saturday issued an order for the arrest of 13 people accused of committing profiteering, forgery and embezzlement as part of a national wheat import scandal. Local suppliers have historically added wheat to their importe (More) |
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Amnesty: Egypt security forces have abducted and tortured hundreds
Hundreds of Egyptians have been abducted and tortured by Egypt's National Security Agency during a crackdown on political activists and protesters, Amnesty International (AI) reported Wednesday. Authorities have denied the accusations, but individu (More) |
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Egypt's New Cybercrime Law: Another Legislative Failure
JURIST Guest Columnist Mohamed Abdelaal of McKinney School of Law and Alexandria School of Law discusses the significance of Egypt's new cybercrime draft law... On May 10, 2016, the Egyptian House of Representatives began to consider a new 33-article (More) |
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Putin signs controversial anti-terror bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a package of controversial anti-terror bills on Thursday. These bills were drafted earlier this year as a response to the 2015 attacks in Paris and the bombing of an A-231 jet liner in Egypt. This package pla (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
