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Facing Tear Gas ACTION
World  (tags: Turkey, humanrights, peaceful protest, violence, force, tear gas, Chile, Egypt, government, ethics )

Nancy
- 13 days ago - facingteargas.org
What we are witnessing in Turkey is a broad movement of people from various classes, ages, religious sects, and political backgrounds calling for real democracy.
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Foreign NGOs Must Close in Egypt, Court Rules
World  (tags: Egypt, kairo, courts, NGOs, closing, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, democracy, Konrad-Adenauer Foundation )

Angelika
- 13 days ago - dw.de
A court in Cairo has sentenced 43 non-profit workers, among them Egyptians and at least 15 foreign employees of several non-governmental orgs to jail sentences. It has also ordered the permanent closure of branches of several NGOs includiding KAS
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Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood: Who Really Holds the Reins in Egypt?
World  (tags: Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, thugs, violence, politics, conflict, middle-east, news, world, society, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Cal
- 27 days ago - spiegel.de
Mohammed Morsi may be the president of Egypt, but it's the Muslim Brotherhood that appears to be calling the shots. The Islamist group waited decades for a shot at power in the country and it isn't about to yield without a fight.
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The Dark Side Of The Revolution For Egypt's Coptic Christians
World  (tags: Coptic Christians, persecution, religion, Egypt, middle-east, news, politics, interesting, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, ethics, government, society, world, freedoms, conflict, violence )

Cal
- 43 days ago - worldcrunch.com
Copts are being persecuted in Egypt. So, what's new about that? This has been the norm in our "beloved homeland" since at least the 1970s.
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Giza Secret Revealed: How 10,000 Pyramid Builders Got Fed
World  (tags: curiosities, Egypt, Pyramids )

Kit
- 53 days ago - livescience.com
The pyramid of Menkaure, with three queens' pyramids in front. Behind are the pyramids of Khafre and Khufu. The workers' town that archaeologists have been exploring was used to house laborers building Menkaure's pyramid.
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Egyptian Doctors 'Ordered to Operate on Protesters Without Anaesthetic'
World  (tags: Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, humanrights, dictatorship )

Stan
- 66 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Senior Egyptian army doctors were ordered to operate without anaesthetic on wounded protesters at a military hospital in Cairo during protests against military rule,
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Report: 600,000 Forced Labor Victims in Middle East
World  (tags: world, politics, human trafficking, Egypt, torture, ethics, death, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, freedoms, middle-east, news, violence, society, middle-east, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights )

Cal
- 69 days ago - cnn.com
Millions of migrant workers flood to the Middle East from some of the world's poorest countries in search of paid work they won't find at home.
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HUMAN RIGHTS SCANDAL: Imprisoned, Tortured, Killed: Human Trafficking Thrives on Sinai Peninsula
World  (tags: world, politics, human trafficking, Egypt, torture, ethics, death, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, freedoms, middle-east, news, violence, society )

Cal
- 77 days ago - spiegel.de
The Sinai Peninsula has become a prison and grave for thousands of African refugees. They are kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured to death even after their families have paid hefty ransoms. But Egypt refuses to act.
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Egyptian Children Describe Being Tortured   video
World  (tags: Egypt, Human Rights violations, children's rights violations, Muslim Brotherhood, child beatings )

Beth
- 81 days ago - youtube.com
Mosireen, a website run by Egyptian activists, has published a video compiling the interviews of several children who say they were tortured during their arrest and detention in prison. The victims are between the ages of 12 and 17. Most of the children
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Fleeing Syria, Palestinians Find Haven and Hardships in Egypt
World  (tags: Palestinians, Syria, refugees, camps, war, Egypt, Visas, UN Works and Relief Agency (UNWRA), UNHCR, Right To Return )

Angelika
- 89 days ago - egyptindependent.com
Palestinian-Syrian families, all males under 18 and females of all ages can enter the country without a visa, but generally receive only a two-week to one-month visa, rather than the three months granted to other Syrians
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Tear Down This Wall - Trapped Inside The New Barricades Of A Divided Cairo
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, violence, society, Egypt, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, freedoms )

Cal
- 102 days ago - worldcrunch.com
Stacked up like Lego bricks, the concrete blocks literally cut Cairo's Sheikh-Reyhan Street in two - erected by authorities to protect official buildings from protesters. As if the center of the city wasn't disfigured enough after two years of clashes bet
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End US Support for State Repression in Egypt: Stop the Shipment of US Tear Gas! ACTION
World  (tags: Egypt, usa, ethics, humanrights, tear gas, CSI, repression, freedoms )

Nancy
- 103 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Tear gas is a dangerous weapon of war on people's movements! Take action and tell the US government that you do not support state repression anywhere and that CSI's export license must be revoked.
33 comments
EGYPT: Democracy Tastes Bitter as Poverty Bites
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, Egypt, Morsi, violence, society, news, interesting, government, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', death, humanrights, freedoms, economy, conflict, ethics )

Cal
- 113 days ago - ipsnews.net
In the two years since the uprising, Egypt's battered economy has taken hit after hit. Political turmoil and labour unrest have shuttered factories, forced layoffs, and scared away tourists and investors
18 comments
EGYPT: Over 500 Christian Girls Kidnapped By Muslims in Egypt Since Revolution
World  (tags: Egypt, Muslims kidnapping Christians, forcible conversions, forced marriage to Salafists, human rights )

Beth
- 120 days ago - barnabasfund.org
Over 500 Christian girls have been abducted in Egypt since the revolution of January 2011; they are taken by Salafists who forcibly convert them to Islam and marry them to Muslim men against their will.
40 comments
Egyptian Government Accused of Covering Up Torture
World  (tags: Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood Government, Torture, Coverup )

Beth
- 120 days ago - emirates247.com
The charge came after a government forensic report claimed 28-year-old activist Mohammed El Gindy was killed in a car accident. It contradicted family and friends, who said he died after he was electrocuted and beaten on his head repeatedly in detention
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