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Interior Ministry • 16 min read

Interior Ministry reshuffle: Is the state acknowledging its security failure in Wahat?

Omar Said | The Interior Ministry carries out a reshuffle of senior posts in the wake of the Wahat Road attack

30 October 2017

Journalists Syndicate • 9 min read

Timeline: The Journalists Syndicate and the state, an ongoing battle

Beesan Kassab | A timeline of events leading to sentencing of syndicate head Yehia Qallash this month.

24 November 2016

Muslim Brotherhood leaders • 13 min read

Interior Ministry announces death of influential Brotherhood leader

Mohamed Hamama | Egypt’s Interior Ministry announced that influential Brotherhood leader Mohamed Kamal had been killed

6 October 2016

false news charges • 8 min read

Breaking the back of the Journalists Syndicate

Beesan Kassab and Omar Said | A month after security forces stormed the Journalist Syndicate and arrested two reporters, the standoff

1 June 2016

Giulio Regeni • 5 min read

Leaked MOI memos reveal intentions to issue gag orders on Journalists Syndicate raid, Regeni’s murder

Mohamed Hamama | Amid its feud with the Journalists Syndicate, the Interior Ministry accidentally revealed its

4 May 2016

Interior Ministry • 7 min read

The Interior Ministry versus police clubs

Passant Rabie | “If you violate [police] rights, you have to expect that they will also violate other people’s rights.”

19 March 2016

Interior Ministry • 11 min read

A confrontation between the Interior Ministry and angry policemen

Mohamed Hamama | A crisis between Egypt’s Interior Ministry and police forces escalated this week, with seven leaders of

23 February 2016

forced disappearances • 10 min read

The security apparatus: Defeat, failed reform and back to full force

Passant Rabie | “We take courses in human rights, but where is it on the ground? I haven’t seen anything applied

25 January 2016

due process violations • 8 min read

Police torture and public anger in Luxor

Mohamed Hamama | Friday prayers in mosques across Luxor ended uneventfully on December 4. They weren’t followed

16 December 2015

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Opinion

Mostafa Mohie

The Journalists Syndicate’s victory

In an outrageous move, Egyptian security forces stormed the headquarters of the Journalists Syndicate

5 May 2016

Khaled Mansour

The disgrace we should not embrace

Egypt is neck deep in an Orwellian swamp where names obscure rather than explain the institutions behind

18 August 2015

Belal Fadl

Egypt: The nation of snitches makes a comeback

When a ruler depends solely on the power of oppression and completely impedes rational thinking, he no

9 November 2014

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News

North Sinai • 6 min read

Police announce death of 13 militants in Arish, Province of Sinai claims responsibility for killing 2 military officers

25 July 2018

arts space raids • 2 min read

Security forces close downtown Cairo bookstore and detain 2 employees

24 September 2017

war on terrorism deaths • 4 min read

Interior Ministry announces killing of 4 Badrashin attack suspects

26 July 2017

armed attacks • 4 min read

Security campaign targeting Hassm intensifies as 8 alleged members killed in Fayoum

23 July 2017

child law • 5 min read

Court ruling obliges authorities to register children from customary marriages

24 April 2017

sexual harassment • 7 min read

Dozens arrested for sexual harassment on Sham al-Nessim

18 April 2017

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