Full Coverage: Egypt

17.11.2009 The Egyptian authorities must act immediately to protect Cairo’s poorest inhabitants from rockslides and other dangers, says a leading rights group.

23.08.2009 The Nile Delta is one of the world's regions most vulnerable to rising sea levels. The population is already troubled with flooding and salt intrusion. Guardian

20.07.2009 Can the International Maritime Organization be taken seriously by climate change negotiators when its ships choose to sail from Europe around the Cape of Good Hope rather than through the Suez Canal?

19.12.2008 The arrests of three Egyptian bloggers in the past seven weeks because of their online posts has been condemned by an international media freedom group.

21.04.2008 Bloggers from Bahrain, Jordan, and Palestine voice their opinions on the prejudices surrounding HIV/AIDS in the Arab world and the criminalization of the disease in some countries of the region.

11.04.2008 NEW YORK, Apr 10 (OneWorld) - From New York to Johannesburg to Manila, rights advocacy groups are making fresh calls for the Egyptian government to rein in its functionaries who mistreat people living with HIV/AIDS.

19.03.2008 "The systematic campaign launched by the Egyptian government against opposition candidates and the Muslim Brotherhood to prevent them from running in the next local elections in Egypt should not divert attention from the increase in the number of prisoners of conscience," as stated on 9 March 2008 by HRinfo.

20.02.2008 The Egyptian police campaign against people living with HIV/AIDS endangers public health and violates basic human rights, say activists. So far 12 men suspected of being HIV-positive have been arrested.
From: Human Rights Watch

14.02.2008 Telecom Egypt, the incumbent telecom operator in Egypt, and Alcatel-Lucent announced they have signed a USD125 million contract to deploy a new submarine cable network linking Sidi Kerir in Egypt to Marseille in France. Named TE North, the project will enable Telecom Egypt to expand international connectivity, providing diversity from existing cable routes. Additionally, the TE North submarine cable system will help Telecom Egypt enhance its network capacity to operate as a wholesale carrier to other operators and expand its service offering to businesses and consumers.

21.01.2008 The Egyptian government has made information and communications technologies (ICTs) a developmental priority and has modernised and upgraded the sectorÂ’s infrastructure, services, regulations and human resource capacity. Egypt had an antiquated ICT infrastructure until the early 1990s.

19.12.2007 A surprising dialogue between the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's Coptic Christians suggests a new way of working with Islamist parties, says William Dalrymple.
From New Statesman
+ OneWorld's Guide to Egypt

09.11.2007 In a landmark ruling, two Egyptian police officers have been sentenced to three-year prison terms after abusing and sodomizing a man known for speaking out against the country's repressive law enforcement agents.

07.11.2007 Nepal, Maldives and Libya have been removed from the annual list of Internet enemies, which Reporters Without Borders publishes today. But Egypt has been added to the roll of shame for its harassment and imprisonment of many bloggers.

26.09.2007 The Egyptian government has brought criminal charges against a group providing legal assistance to victims of torture and other human rights abuses. International human rights advocates are encouraging people around the world to respond to this "alarming attack" by writing to the Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity.

02.09.2007 Make the most of The Yacoubian Building: some Egyptian MPs tried to get it banned and in Kuwait the censorÂ’s scissors cut it from three hours to 90 minutes. Daniel Nelson reports on a filmic slice of life from Cairo.

22.08.2007 Roughly a month after the trial of an Egyptian blogger, the detention of Kuwaiti journalist and blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh has elicited strong criticism from Kuwaitis who assert that the government has violated the national constitution.

09.08.2007 A human rights group is demanding Egypt investigate the alleged murders of three Sudanese migrants who were attempting to cross the Egypt-Israel border. This incident, purportedly perpetrated by Egyptian border guards, has not been acknowledged by the Egyptian government.
From: Human Rights Watch

07.08.2007 The U.S. arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel represents the abandonment of President Bush's democratic reform agenda in the region, says foreign policy analyst Matt Duss.

06.08.2007 The Yacoubian Building, a film about a group of Cairo tenants that tackles everything from Islamic fundamentalism to homosexuality and corruption, was a cause célèbre in Egypt where it broke box office records and sparked unprecedented debate. Now it's coming to London.

01.08.2007 Although the UN's refugee office has recently amplified its efforts, a U.S.-based group is insisting that other UN agencies have yet to respond adequately to the Iraqi refugee crisis and must do so promptly.