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26.01.2012 - Source:
Guardian 
"American NGO workers prevented from leaving Egypt"
Several American NGO workers are being prevented from leaving the country in an ongoing dispute over Egypt's parliamentary elections [ID 209211]
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25.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch
"Egypt: Exceptions to Ending Emergency Law Invite Abuse"
On 24 January 2011, the Egyptian military announced that it will lift the state of emergency except in cases of “thuggery” [ID 209135]
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25.01.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières
"Blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad freed after being held for 10 months"
Blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad released from prison under an amnesty announced on 21 January for around 2,000 civilians who had been convicted by military courts; Sanad had been detained for 10 months on a charge of insulting the armed forces [ID 209143]
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24.01.2012 - Source:Guardian
"Bedouin tribesmen storm Egyptian tourist resort"
Sinai peninsula: According to media, dozens of Bedouin gunmen took control of the Aqua-Sun tourist resort; no tourists were staying in the resort at the time, and several Egyptian security guards were taken hostage [ID 209200]
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24.01.2012 - Source:Guardian
"Egyptian junta's lifting of state of emergency fails to convince"
The head of Egypt's military junta has promised to partially lift the country's 3-decade-old state of emergency, in effort to bolster public support ahead of what are expected to be widespread anti-government demonstrations [ID 209202]
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23.01.2012 - Source:Guardian
"Egyptian parliament sworn in under heavy weight of expectation"
Article on the elected parliament and expectations regarding political developments [ID 209190]
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22.01.2012 - Source:Guardian
"Egypt pardons jailed blogger"
Maikel Nabil Sanad, an Egyptian blogger jailed in March 2011 by the military junta for insulting the army has been officially pardoned; Sanad was among almost 2,000 prisoners convicted by military tribunals over the past year who are set to be released [ID 209175]
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22.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch
"World Report 2012"
Annual report on the human rights situation in 2011 [ID 208804]
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21.01.2012 - Source:BBC News
"Egypt's Islamist parties win elections to parliament"
Two Islamist parties, the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and the Al-Nour Party, win the largest number of seats in parliamentary elections [ID 208916]
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16.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch
"The Road Ahead; A Human Rights Agenda for Egypt’s New Parliament"
Report on laws the newly elected parliament must reform to ensure basic rights [ID 208629]
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14.01.2012 - Source:BBC News
"Mohamed ElBaradei will end Egypt presidency bid"
Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei withdraws from presidential race in protest at the country's military leadership [ID 208406]
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14.01.2012 - Source:Guardian
"ElBaradei quits Egypt presidential race"
The Egyptian reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei has announced his withdrawal from the presidential race in protest at the ruling military council's failure to put the country on the path to democracy; he said the conditions for a fair election were not in place [ID 208480]
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12.01.2012 - Source:Guardian
"Muslim Brotherhood poised to take power in Egypt"
Article on political developments and the Muslim Brotherhood following the 2011/2012 parliamentary elections [ID 208472]
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11.01.2012 - Source:BBC News
"Egypt soldier and Bedouin killed in gunfight over land"
Suez governorate: Egyptian army officer and Bedouin killed in clashes over land, according to security authorities [ID 208402]
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09.01.2012 - Source:Amnesty International
"Middle East and North Africa: Year of rebellion: The state of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa"
Report on human rights situation and popular uprisings [ID 208208]
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09.01.2012 - Source:BBC News
"Egypt businessman Naguib Sawiris faces blasphemy trial"
Christian billionaire Naguib Sawiris faces a trial for blasphemy over a tweet of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in conservative Islamic dress [ID 208196]
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05.01.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network
"Calls for minors to be kept out of political clashes"
According to child rights activists, involvement of children in violence during ongoing clashes between protesters and police in Egypt is against international norms [ID 208097]
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04.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb
"Egyptians head to polls in final round of landmark vote" , Author: Agence France-Presse
Egyptians vote in final round of a phased election to choose the first parliament since a popular uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 [ID 208202]
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04.01.2012 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
"Egypt Prosecution: Mubarak, Aides Ordered Killings"
The prosecution in trial of Hosni Mubarak says it has concluded that the country's ousted president, his security chief and 6 top police officers were the "actual instigators" of the killing of more than 800 protesters during the popular uprising in 2011 [ID 208035]
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02.01.2012 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
"Mubarak Trial Resumes In Cairo"
Trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak has resumed on 2 January; Mubarak faces possible execution if he is convicted of ordering the killings of protesters in February 2011 [ID 208010]
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31.12.2011 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
"U.S. Says Egypt Will Halt NGO Raids"
According to US officials, Egyptian authorities have agreed to halt raids against non-governmental pro-democracy groups and to return seized property to the groups [ID 208007]
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30.12.2011 - Source:ReliefWeb
"US concern as Egypt raids rights groups" , Author: Agence France-Presse
Police raided more than a dozen offices of local and foreign rights groups as part of a probe into alleged illicit foreign funding; the raids, in which no arrests were reported, came as authorities blamed foreign-funded groups for political unrest [ID 208198]
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29.12.2011 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide
"Anger at manslaughter charges for three soldiers involved in Maspero violence"
3 Egyptian soldiers are to stand trial for the killing of 14 of the 27 civilians who died during the violence of 9 October 2011, when the Egyptian military attacked a civil rights demonstration made up largely of members of the Coptic community in Maspero [ID 208394]
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29.12.2011 - Source:Guardian
"Egypt police raid offices of human rights groups in Cairo"
Cairo: Offices of 17 human rights and pro-democracy organisations raided by security forces [ID 207933]
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29.12.2011 - Source:Human Rights Watch
"National and International Human Rights Organizations are Under Attack"
On 29 December 2011, security forces in uniform and in civilian clothes as well as public prosecutors have stormed the offices of 6 NGOs [ID 208076]
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