Tag: HOsni Mubarak

Egypt: Former Mubarak interior minister sentenced 7 years in prison for corruption

April 17, 2017

Habib al-Adly, Mubarak’s interior ministry until his demise in 2011 has been handed seven-year in prison sentence for corruption related charges, reports say. Known as ... Read More

Egypt: State-Owned Paper Lashes out at Interior Ministry, Calls for Minister’s Dismissal

May 4, 2016

Egypt’s main state-owned newspaper Tuesday lambasted the interior ministry in an “unprecedented editorial” following the arrest of two journalists and police raid on the Press ... Read More

Egypt: Sisi Receives Backing of US Republicans Despites Poor Human Rights Record

April 4, 2016

US Republicans Sunday stunned the world as they threw support behind Egyptian strongman al-Sisi calling him “the right man at the right time" to lead ... Read More

Egyptian Aboul-Gheit, Next Arab League Chief

March 11, 2016

Egyptian veteran diplomat, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, was elected Thursday as the next Secretary General of the Arab League. Ahmed Aboul Gheit was the only contender ... Read More

Egypt: Former ruler’s sons to be released

October 13, 2015

An Egyptian court Monday ruled in favor of the two sons of the ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, ordering their release, a lawyer of the ... Read More

Egypt: Death of Lawyer in Custody Reignites Concern over Human Rights

August 12, 2015

The death of Egyptian lawyer Karim Hamdy, 27, in police detention has triggered major human rights watchdogs’ concerns about the rule of law in the ... Read More

Egypt: Sissi endorses law, parliamentary elections to be held soon

July 10, 2015

President Sissi’s spokesman has announced that the president has signed into law the amended electoral law that provides for the number of constituencies in the country. The ... Read More

Egypt starting to produce a turnaround, IMF

February 12, 2015

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that the Egyptian economy is on the right path in recovering from the shambles of the protests that ... Read More

Egypt : Economy and Security Are Still at Crossroads

March 20, 2014

“The reserves will continue going up.” These are the words of the Governor Hisham Ramez to assure investors and restore confidence in Egypt’s economy. The ... Read More

Mrs Hala Shokrallah, 1st Egyptian Woman to Head Political Party

March 3, 2014

An Egyptian woman has been elected lately head of the Liberal Dostour party in a country where women still do not play a major political ... Read More