Syria president forms committee to consider ending emergency law
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday ordered the formation of a committee that will evaluate possible elimination of the country's 48-year-old state of emergency law. The panel will be composed of legal experts and charged with...
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on Wednesday unveiled an interim constitution that allows the council to retain control over the country until an elected government is installed. The document vests the military council with...
An Egyptian prosecutor indicted three police officials from the Beni Suef governorate on Monday on charges of murdering protesters during the Egyptian revolution. According to judicial sources, Major General Ahmed Abu Zeid, Colonel Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud...
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced Monday that it would lift the state of emergency before parliamentary polls to be held in September. General Mamdouh Shaheen, speaking for the military council,...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday condemned a ban on strikes and inciting protests in Egypt as a violation of international law. Upon ratification by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces [NYT...
UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Navi Pilay on Saturday urged the Syrian government to heed to the demands of protesters instead of responding with violence. Pilay warned that continued repression of the Syrian people...
An adviser for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday announced that the government would consider lifting the country's 48-year-old state of emergency law and would work to better protect citizens' human rights. Presidential spokesperson Buthaina Shaaban...
Egypt temporary government releases decree criminalizing strikes
Egypt's interim government, the Cabinet of Ministers released a decree on Wednesday that will impose prison sentences for strike actions and inciting protests. Although the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has yet to rule on...
Egypt rights commission accuses Mubarak of protester murders
A commission of Arab and Egyptian human rights groups have accused former president Hosni Mubarak and the police of murdering protesters during the demonstrations in Egypt, according to a local newspaper on...
Egypt citizens overwhelmingly in favor of constitutional reform
An overwhelming majority of citizens in Egypt voted "yes" to several proposed constitutional amendments in a national referendum that took place on Saturday, according to preliminary results released Sunday. According to a source from the high judicial committee overseeing...
