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Outrage After Egyptian Teacher Is Sacked For Belly-Dancing Video
A viral video of a teacher in Egypt dancing during a Nile cruise has sparked anger among conservatives in the country, but women's rights activists are speaking out in her support.
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Facebook Urged to Do More to Stop LGBT+ Hate Speech in Arab Countries
LGBT+ rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag.
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Egyptian Woman Jailed For Facebook Video Saying She Was Sexually Harassed
Egyptian activist Amal Fathy's Facebook video was only 12 minutes long - but that was enough to catch the attention of Egyptian authorities and earn her a two-year jail sentence for "spreading false news."
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Egypt Court Sentences Woman Activist Who Slammed Sexual Harassment
An Egyptian court Saturday handed a two-year suspended jail sentence to a woman human rights activist arrested in May after posting a video criticising sexual harassment in Egypt, her lawyer said.
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Egyptian Cop Gets Life Sentence For Killing Man Over Cup Of Tea
An Egyptian court sentenced a policeman who killed a man over the price of a cup of tea to life in prison on Wednesday, a rare lengthy punishment for police violence in a country that rights activists say has a culture of impunity.
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Egyptian President Promises To Reexamine Protest Law
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said the government will look into revising a protest law under which hundreds of activists have been jailed.
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Egypt's Security Forces Disperse Small Protests Against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and arrested scores of people to disperse small protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday, deterring what activists had hoped would be large demonstrations, witnesses and security sources said.
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Egypt Court Sentences Prominent Activist to 5 Years in Jail
An Egyptian court sentenced prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah to five years in jail on Monday for violating a law that seeks to curtail demonstrations, legislation branded repressive by rights groups.
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Egypt Sentences 230 Anti-Mubarak Activists to Life
An Egyptian court today sentenced to life 230 activists from the 2011 revolt against Hosni Mubarak, including leading campaigner Ahmed Douma, judicial sources said.
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Egyptian Court Jails 23 Activists For Protesting
An Egyptian court on Sunday convicted 23 activists, including prominent rights campaigners, of staging an illegal demonstration and sentenced them each to three years in jail.
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Egypt's Top Activist Sentenced to Month in Prison
A prominent Egyptian activist who came to fame during the country's 2011 uprising was sentenced to one month in prison on charges of insulting the police, a court official said Thursday.
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Prominent Egypt Activist Abdel Fattah Jailed for 15 Years
An Egyptian court jailed prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, a symbol of the 2011 revolt against Hosni Mubarak, for 15 years on Wednesday for assaulting a policeman during an illegal protest.
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Egypt court upholds jailing of leading pro-democracy activists
An Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld the jailing of three leading figures of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising, tightening a crackdown on secular activists opposed to the army-backed government.
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Hundreds protest against Egypt's jailing of activists
Hundreds of Egyptians protested in central Cairo on Monday against a court ruling that sent three leading secular pro-democracy campaigners to jail, witnesses said.
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Egypt jails symbols of 2011 uprising
Three leading Egyptian activists were sentenced to three years in prison each on Sunday in a case brought over their role in recent protests.
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Outrage After Egyptian Teacher Is Sacked For Belly-Dancing Video
A viral video of a teacher in Egypt dancing during a Nile cruise has sparked anger among conservatives in the country, but women's rights activists are speaking out in her support.
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Facebook Urged to Do More to Stop LGBT+ Hate Speech in Arab Countries
LGBT+ rights groups urged Facebook on Tuesday to act on a rise in online hate speech after the death of an Egyptian activist jailed for waving the rainbow flag.
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Egyptian Woman Jailed For Facebook Video Saying She Was Sexually Harassed
Egyptian activist Amal Fathy's Facebook video was only 12 minutes long - but that was enough to catch the attention of Egyptian authorities and earn her a two-year jail sentence for "spreading false news."
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Egypt Court Sentences Woman Activist Who Slammed Sexual Harassment
An Egyptian court Saturday handed a two-year suspended jail sentence to a woman human rights activist arrested in May after posting a video criticising sexual harassment in Egypt, her lawyer said.
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Egyptian Cop Gets Life Sentence For Killing Man Over Cup Of Tea
An Egyptian court sentenced a policeman who killed a man over the price of a cup of tea to life in prison on Wednesday, a rare lengthy punishment for police violence in a country that rights activists say has a culture of impunity.
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Egyptian President Promises To Reexamine Protest Law
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said the government will look into revising a protest law under which hundreds of activists have been jailed.
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Egypt's Security Forces Disperse Small Protests Against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and arrested scores of people to disperse small protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday, deterring what activists had hoped would be large demonstrations, witnesses and security sources said.
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Egypt Court Sentences Prominent Activist to 5 Years in Jail
An Egyptian court sentenced prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah to five years in jail on Monday for violating a law that seeks to curtail demonstrations, legislation branded repressive by rights groups.
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Egypt Sentences 230 Anti-Mubarak Activists to Life
An Egyptian court today sentenced to life 230 activists from the 2011 revolt against Hosni Mubarak, including leading campaigner Ahmed Douma, judicial sources said.
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Egyptian Court Jails 23 Activists For Protesting
An Egyptian court on Sunday convicted 23 activists, including prominent rights campaigners, of staging an illegal demonstration and sentenced them each to three years in jail.
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Egypt's Top Activist Sentenced to Month in Prison
A prominent Egyptian activist who came to fame during the country's 2011 uprising was sentenced to one month in prison on charges of insulting the police, a court official said Thursday.
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Prominent Egypt Activist Abdel Fattah Jailed for 15 Years
An Egyptian court jailed prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, a symbol of the 2011 revolt against Hosni Mubarak, for 15 years on Wednesday for assaulting a policeman during an illegal protest.
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Egypt court upholds jailing of leading pro-democracy activists
An Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld the jailing of three leading figures of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising, tightening a crackdown on secular activists opposed to the army-backed government.
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Hundreds protest against Egypt's jailing of activists
Hundreds of Egyptians protested in central Cairo on Monday against a court ruling that sent three leading secular pro-democracy campaigners to jail, witnesses said.
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Egypt jails symbols of 2011 uprising
Three leading Egyptian activists were sentenced to three years in prison each on Sunday in a case brought over their role in recent protests.
