civil liberties

Russian lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Kremlin-backed amnesty bill that is set to free the two jailed members of the…

“Only in Egypt: you object to the Emergency Law, they change its name to the ‘protecting society from criminals’ law;…

Constituent Assembly and Freedom and Justice Party member Farid Ismail said on Wednesday that the assembly drafted more than 100…

The Constituent Assembly held a closed meeting Sunday to choose a date next week to discuss the Drafting Committee's submission…

Losing presidential hopefuls and a number of political forces announced Friday the final version of the “covenant,” a document that…

One of the central demands of the 25 January revolution was for a government that respects civil liberties, unlike the…

The government has allocated LE100 million for the purchase and installation of surveillance cameras throughout Alexandria, Egypt's second city, Amin…

Local rights groups have called on police to ratchet up security

An international report focusing on the plight of pro-democracy and human rights activists and associations that are working under tough…

US-allied Arab regimes remain wedded to a broad array of repressive laws that serve to undermine basic liberties, a leading…