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Six arrested for allegedly forming ‘Etihad El-Garabea’ page on Facebook
Egypt

Six arrested for allegedly forming ‘Etihad El-Garabea’ page on Facebook

Six young people were arrested from Al-Azhar Park on Friday and handed a 15-day detention order on charges of forming…
Activist Aya Hegazy calls on Egyptian officials to clarify reasons for her detention
Egypt

Activist Aya Hegazy calls on Egyptian officials to clarify reasons for her detention

Egyptian-American activist and founder of Belady Foundation for street children, Aya Hegazy, called on Egyptian officials to make clear the…
Ousted Egypt president Mubarak freed from detention
Egypt

Ousted Egypt president Mubarak freed from detention

Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian autocrat toppled during the 2011 Arab Spring, was freed Friday from the military hospital where…
White House concedes it won’t close Guantanamo after all
World

White House concedes it won’t close Guantanamo after all

The White House said Tuesday that the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba will still be open when President Barack…
Turkey orders arrest of 9 newspaper staff, detains more pro-Kurdish officials
Middle East

Turkey orders arrest of 9 newspaper staff, detains more pro-Kurdish officials

Turkish authorities ordered the formal arrest of nine staff members of a leading opposition newspaper on Saturday and detained more…
Activists campaign against medical negligence in Egyptian prisons
Egypt

Activists campaign against medical negligence in Egyptian prisons

CAIRO, Oct 6 (Aswat Masriya) - Activists launched a campaign on social media shedding light on medical negligence in Egyptian prisons.Using…
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan detained at US airport
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Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan detained at US airport

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan took to Twitter Friday to express his annoyance at being detained by US airport immigration…
Australia blames refugee advocates after asylum seeker sets herself alight
World

Australia blames refugee advocates after asylum seeker sets herself alight

Australia blamed refugee advocates on Tuesday for "encouraging" asylum seekers held in remote camps towards acts of self-harm after a…
Australia’s asylum seeker detentions on PNG island ruled illegal
World

Australia’s asylum seeker detentions on PNG island ruled illegal

Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Australia's practice of detaining asylum seekers on PNG's northern Manus Island…
Custody extended for journalist Ismail Iskandarani
Egypt

Custody extended for journalist Ismail Iskandarani

Custody detention for freelance journalist Ismail Iskandarani was extended by 15 days on Monday over charges of affiliation with the…
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