First Independent Mena Newspaper
Mauritanian Parliament has passed a new anti-slavery law which criminalizes “10 forms of slavery”, including forced marriage and other controversial social practices such as handing a woman over to another man without her consent after the death of her husband. Mauritania abolished slavery in 1981, but human rights activists say the practice is still alive. […]
Tunisian defense ministry said Sunday soldiers killed a woman and wounded a man mistakenly taken for an armed group, as they were driving past the soldiers. The incident happened in the western region of Kasserine on Saturday. Lt-Col. Belhassen Oueslati, spokesperson for the defense ministry, told reporters that the army had earlier received tips about […]
The international community voiced consternation Sunday over the beheading of 12 people by ISIS in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte and France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.S. and the U.K. condemned the terrorist group’s acts as “barbaric” in a joint statement. following the beheading of 12 local militiamen fighting ISIL in the city of […]
The much talked about and strongly criticized anti-terrorism law has been approved by President Sisi on Sunday with the hope that it will help the country curb the terror attacks on government officials and security personnel in the country. The government decided to embark on legal measures to reinforce its fight against terrorism in July […]
The Libyan government in Tobruk has called on the Arab States to help it combat the militants of the Islamic State in the coastal town of Sirte. The town has been under the influence of the Tripoli-based government backed by the coalition of Islamist forces before they were forced out of the city at the […]
The Egyptian government’s expectations pinned on the Suez Canal have been dampened by a report from credit ratings provider Moody which claimed that earnings to be generated from the canal after the opening of the second waterway last week will come “at a much slower pace.” The construction of the second 32km-long Suez Canal and […]
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly & of association, Maina Kiai, has voiced serious concerns over a draft law on Ngos & civil society associations, approved last month by the Council of Ministers. This bill “threatens the exercise of fundamental freedoms in the country, in particular the right to freedom […]
ISIS affiliated branch in North Sinai claimed on its twitter account it beheaded the Croatian captive it kidnapped 3 weeks ago in Egypt. Egyptian and Croatian authorities have not confirmed the claims yet. An ISIS twit said Tomislav Salopek was killed after the deadline set by the group was exceeded. The Jihadist group circulated photos […]
A Libyan official denied Wednesday that Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni had officially resigned from his position. Abdullah al-Thinni, the internationally recognized Libyan Premier surprisingly offered to resign in a televised debate on Tuesday as the political protagonists of the Libyan crisis were meeting in Geneva in the framework of a new UN round of talks […]
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 most populous Arab country. According to local media, medical officials who examined Hamdy’s body reported signs of torture, including ten broken ribs and bleeding in the brain. The victim died […]