Cairo University Protests

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  Why Palestinians Can Count On US Students But Not Arab Allies To Protest

  Palestinians may be gratified to see American university campuses erupt in outrage over Israel's offensive in Gaza, but some in the embattled enclave are also wondering why no similar protests have hit the Arab countries they long viewed as allies.

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  In Egypt, the 'Disappeared' Resurface on TV as 'Terrorists'

  Detentions and videotaped confessions are a new feature of a crackdown on dissent launched after the military toppled Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 -- Egypt's first freely-elected president -- after mass protests, rights groups say.

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  Hosni Mubarak Verdict Fuels Protests, Mockery in Egypt

  Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on Sunday, condemning a court decision to drop criminal charges against Hosni Mubarak, the president whose ouster in the 2011 uprising raised hopes of a new era of political openness.

• Egypt Clamps Down on Campuses Over New Unrest Fears

  As the new academic term began in Egypt, riot police were standing guard at Cairo's universities to quash any repeat of Islamist-led protests that turned campuses nationwide into battlefields.

• Egypt Students Jailed for Four Years Over Violent Protests

  An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 36 students of the prestigious Al-Azhar university to four years in prison each over violent protests backing ousted president Mohamed Morsi, judicial sources said.

• Egypt sentences 17 people to long jail terms for protests

  An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 17 people to 14 years in jail each on charges including assault and occupying public buildings during protests at Cairo's Al-Azhar University last year.

• Four killed, scores wounded in clashes across Egypt

  Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police clashed across Egypt on Friday, leaving at least four dead in protests after the army-backed government declared the group a terrorist organisation.

• Clashes as Egypt police disperse Muslim Brotherhood demonstrations

  Egyptian police fired tear gas at stone-throwing Islamist protesters in two cities on Friday, after authorities vowed to crack down on rallies by the Muslim Brotherhood following its designation as a terrorist group.

• Egyptian police fire water cannon on protesters

  Egyptian police fired water cannon to disperse dozens of protesters near the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday after they defied a new law that restricts demonstrations.

• Police fire teargas as Islamist students protest in Cairo

  Egyptian police fired teargas at Islamist students who pelted them with rocks during an anti-army protest in Cairo's Al-Azhar university on Sunday, an AFP reporter and the interior ministry said.

• Egyptian police kill at least 30 in protest crackdown: Brotherhood

  Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday when they cleared a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Morsi, his Muslim Brotherhood movement said.

• Egypt expected to act against Mohammed Morsi supporters today

  Egyptian police are expected to start taking action early today against supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi who gathered in crowded protest camps in Cairo, security and government sources said, a move which could trigger more bloodshed.

• Death toll in Cairo University clash rises to 16: reports

  The death toll in violence involving Islamist supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi near Cairo University rose to 16 on Wednesday and 200 people were wounded, state television quoted a Health Ministry spokesman as saying.