Egypt confirms 3rd case of novel coronavirus: ministry
Mar 05, 2020, at 07:03 pm
Cairo/Xinhua: Egypt's Health Ministry and the World Health Organization said in a joint statement Thursday that an Egyptian citizen was tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the number of confirmed cases inside Egypt to three.
Egypt welcomes formation of unity gov't in South Sudan
Feb 24, 2020, at 10:12 am
Cairo/Xinhua: Egypt welcomed the formation of a transitional unity government in South Sudan, hoping it would lead to comprehensive peace in the country, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
Danish couple allegedly climbs, poses nude at top of Khufu Pyramid, Egyptian authority starts probe
Dec 08, 2018, at 04:48 pm
Cairo, Dec 8 (IBNS): Egyptian authority has started investigating a Danish couple after they allegedly climbed to the summit of the Great Khufu Pyramid of Giza and then posed naked, media reports said.
UN expert ‘shocked’ by Egyptian reprisals against human rights defenders she met
Dec 05, 2018, at 09:18 am
New York, Dec 5 (IBNS): A United Nations independent rights expert has condemned Egyptian Government reprisals, which included housing demolitions and arbitrary arrests, against human rights defenders and others she encountered while visiting the country just over a month ago.
Egyptian death sentences a ‘gross miscarriage of justice’: UN human rights chief
Sep 10, 2018, at 03:20 pm
New York, Sept 10 (IBNS): An Egyptian court’s confirmation of 75 death sentences on Saturday has been condemned by Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as being the result of an unfair trial.
Egypt: UN chief and Security Council condemn attack on Sinai mosque
Nov 26, 2017, at 12:26 am
New York, Nov 25 (IBNS): Secretary-General António Guterres and the United Nations Security Council have condemned “in the strongest terms” the attack on al-Rawdah Mosque during Friday prayers in the town of Bir al-Abed in North Sinai, Egypt, that left scores of people dead and wounded.
UN Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attack in Egypt
Oct 23, 2017, at 03:54 am
New York, Oct 22(Just Earth News): Condemning “in the strongest terms†the terrorist attack that took place Friday in Egypt's El Wahat desert, the United Nations Security Council underlined the need to bring the perpetrators and sponsors of such “reprehensible acts†to justice.
UN rights office 'deeply concerned' over arrests of LGBT people in Azerbaijan, Egypt and Indonesia
Oct 14, 2017, at 02:27 pm
New York, Oct 14(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Friday expressed deep concern about a wave of arrests in Azerbaijan, Egypt and Indonesia of more than 180 people perceived to be lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), many of whom have reportedly been mistreated by law enforcement officials.
UN condemns terrorist attack in Rafah, Egypt
Jul 09, 2017, at 05:51 am
New York, July 8(Just Earth News): Condemning yesterday's terrorist attack against a checkpoint in Rafah, Egypt, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council have underscored the need to bring the perpetrators to justice.
UN human rights chief urges repeal of repressive NGO law in Egypt
Jun 02, 2017, at 01:12 pm
New York, June 2(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday urged Egyptian officials to repeal a new law on non-governmental organizations, saying that it “further tightens the noose†around NGOs trying to hold the Government to account for human rights obligations.
UN strongly condemns terrorist attack in Egypt
May 27, 2017, at 08:28 am
New York, May 27(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council and Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the killing of at least 28 people in Egypt, with the Council denouncing the attack “heinous†and “cowardly.â€
Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attack in Egypt that kills 9 policemen
Jan 11, 2017, at 04:58 am
New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): The Security Council has denounced the terrorist attack in Egypt yesterday that reportedly killed nine policemen and injured more than 13 people.
Travel bans imposed by Egypt on human rights defenders 'choke' legitimate debate – UN expert
Nov 25, 2016, at 06:03 am
New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News): Warning that Egypt's travel bans and other restrictions on the free speech of human rights defenders appear politically motivated to “choke legitimate and democratic debate, both within and outside,†the country, a United Nations rights expert on Thursday, strongly advised the Government to repeal the existing travel bans and refrain from imposing further restrictions.
UN rights expert warns about growing restrictions on civil society in Egypt
Oct 12, 2016, at 03:06 pm
New York, Oct 12 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, warned on Tuesday about growing restrictions on civil society in Egypt, with human rights defenders and organizations in particular being targeted.
Seven people still on board the hijacked Egyptian plane
Mar 29, 2016, at 10:00 pm
Nicosia, Mar 29 (IBNS) At least three passengers and four crew are still on the the plane, hijacked by a man to Cyprus on Tuesday as Egypt corrects the hijacker's name.
Facebook's Free Basics receive a jolt in Egypt, shut down by government
Jan 07, 2016, at 02:21 am
Cairo, Jan 6 (IBNS) Just a week after Facebook's Free Basics, an ambitious project by the social networking site to provide free internet access in developing countries was suspended by Indian telecom regulators, Egypt too walked the same path and shut down the service, media reports said.
UN urges immediate release of detained Egyptian human rights defender
Nov 11, 2015, at 02:30 pm
New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations has called for the immediate release of detained Egyptian human rights defender Hossam Bahgat with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon describing as "profoundly worrying" the latest in a series of such detentions.
Al Jazeera journalist released from Egypt, heads for Australia
Feb 02, 2015, at 06:28 pm
Cairo, Feb 2 (IBNS): Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste was released from Egypt and left for his native Australia after serving 400 days in a Cairo prison, reports said.
As police, protesters clash in Egypt, UN rights chief urges end to excessive use of force
Jan 28, 2015, at 06:27 pm
New York, Jan 28 (IBNS): “Deeply disturbed†by the deaths resulting from recent clashes between security forces and protesters in Egypt, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, has urged for an end to the excessive use of force, his spokesperson said today.
Gaza: Ban confers with world leaders, stresses importance of durable ceasefire
Aug 23, 2014, at 05:33 pm
New York, Aug 23 (IBNS) After the breakdown earlier this week of the latest temporary ceasefire in Gaza, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed the need for efforts to guide the parties towards a durable peace, on Friday making a round of phone calls to a number of key players in the Middle East and beyond concerning the situation.
UN deplores Egypt's mass death sentences
Apr 30, 2014, at 06:19 pm
New York, Apr 30 (IBNS): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday strongly condemned the imposition of the death penalty on hundreds of people in Egypt, after mass trials that she said clearly breached international human rights law.
UN denounces mass death sentences in Egypt
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:41 pm
New York, Apr 1 (IBNS): A group of eight United Nations human rights independent experts on Monday urged the Egyptian authorities to quash the 529 death sentences announced in Egypt last week and give the defendants new and fair trials, in line with international human rights law.