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19.03.2008 "The systematic campaign launched by the Egyptian government against opposition candidates and the Muslim Brotherhood to prevent them from running in the next local elections in Egypt should not divert attention from the increase in the number of prisoners of conscience," as stated on 9 March 2008 by HRinfo.

17.03.2008 Egyptin turvallisuuspoliisin säilössä on jatkuvasti satoja ihmisiä, useimmat heistä uskovaisia nuoria miehiä. Ihmisoikeusjärjestö Human Rights Watchin tietojen mukaan suuri osa pidätetyistä on otettu kiinni, jotta hallituksella olisi tekosyy jatkaa Egyptin ankaraa poikkeustilaa.

05.03.2008 Aleksandriaan rakennetun ongelmajätelaitoksen asiakaskunta kasvaa. Laitos on Egyptin ainoa, joskin Egyptin viranomaiset suunnittelevat Suur-Kairon alueelle vastaavan ongelmajätelaitoksen rakentamista. Laitos kykenee käsittelemään vuodessa 4 000 tonnia jätettä.

20.02.2008 The Egyptian police campaign against people living with HIV/AIDS endangers public health and violates basic human rights, say activists. So far 12 men suspected of being HIV-positive have been arrested.
From: Human Rights Watch

14.02.2008 Telecom Egypt, the incumbent telecom operator in Egypt, and Alcatel-Lucent announced they have signed a USD125 million contract to deploy a new submarine cable network linking Sidi Kerir in Egypt to Marseille in France. Named TE North, the project will enable Telecom Egypt to expand international connectivity, providing diversity from existing cable routes. Additionally, the TE North submarine cable system will help Telecom Egypt enhance its network capacity to operate as a wholesale carrier to other operators and expand its service offering to businesses and consumers.

21.01.2008 The Egyptian government has made information and communications technologies (ICTs) a developmental priority and has modernised and upgraded the sector’s infrastructure, services, regulations and human resource capacity. Egypt had an antiquated ICT infrastructure until the early 1990s.

19.12.2007 A surprising dialogue between the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's Coptic Christians suggests a new way of working with Islamist parties, says William Dalrymple.
From New Statesman
+ OneWorld's Guide to Egypt

09.11.2007 In a landmark ruling, two Egyptian police officers have been sentenced to three-year prison terms after abusing and sodomizing a man known for speaking out against the country's repressive law enforcement agents.

08.11.2007 Libya, Nepal ja Malediivit on positiivisen kehityksen ansiosta poistettu Reportterit ilman rajoja -järjestön internetiä rajoittavien maiden listalta. Egypti nousi listalle blogikirjoittajien pidätysten takia.

07.11.2007 Nepal, Maldives and Libya have been removed from the annual list of Internet enemies, which Reporters Without Borders publishes today. But Egypt has been added to the roll of shame for its harassment and imprisonment of many bloggers.

05.11.2007 Egyptin pääkaupungin Kairon hengitysilmasta saa päivässä keuhkoihinsa tupakka-askillisen verran saasteita, ja osasyynä ovat tiilitehtaat. Niiden päästöt kuitenkin vähenevät yli kolmanneksella, kun polttoaine vaihdetaan maakaasuun.

26.09.2007 The Egyptian government has brought criminal charges against a group providing legal assistance to victims of torture and other human rights abuses. International human rights advocates are encouraging people around the world to respond to this "alarming attack" by writing to the Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity.

02.09.2007 Make the most of The Yacoubian Building: some Egyptian MPs tried to get it banned and in Kuwait the censor’s scissors cut it from three hours to 90 minutes. Daniel Nelson reports on a filmic slice of life from Cairo.

22.08.2007 Roughly a month after the trial of an Egyptian blogger, the detention of Kuwaiti journalist and blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh has elicited strong criticism from Kuwaitis who assert that the government has violated the national constitution.

09.08.2007 A human rights group is demanding Egypt investigate the alleged murders of three Sudanese migrants who were attempting to cross the Egypt-Israel border. This incident, purportedly perpetrated by Egyptian border guards, has not been acknowledged by the Egyptian government.
From: Human Rights Watch

07.08.2007 The U.S. arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel represents the abandonment of President Bush's democratic reform agenda in the region, says foreign policy analyst Matt Duss.

06.08.2007 The Yacoubian Building, a film about a group of Cairo tenants that tackles everything from Islamic fundamentalism to homosexuality and corruption, was a cause célèbre in Egypt where it broke box office records and sparked unprecedented debate. Now it's coming to London.

01.08.2007 Although the UN's refugee office has recently amplified its efforts, a U.S.-based group is insisting that other UN agencies have yet to respond adequately to the Iraqi refugee crisis and must do so promptly.

17.07.2007 In the wake of the death of a 12-year-old girl, human rights organizations marched last week to demand the end of female circumcision in Egypt, where 97 percent of young women are believed to have been subjected to the practice.

05.07.2007 Aivovuodosta pyritään eroon lisäämällä opiskelijoiden ja tutkijoiden liikkuvuutta EU:n ja välimeren maiden välillä. Informaatio- ja kommunikaatioteknologiat näyttelevät merkittävää osaa alkavassa yhteistyossä. Suunnitteilla on muun muassa Välimeren alueen monikielisen digitaalisen kirjaston perustaminen.