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since 2025 › Jan › 21 (Tue) @ 21:34 UTC

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31 hours ago

What strange device was found in 1901 by sponge divers? The Saturday quiz

found 2025 › Jun › 21 (Sat) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

From Disney World, Oasis and the Magic Roundabout to Mini-Me and Oddjob, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Which lines of latitude are defined by the midnight sun and polar night?
2 Who was …

4 days ago

The Guardian view on Egypt and Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Starmer and Lammy vowed to do all they can. So do it | Editorial

found 2025 › Jun › 17 (Tue) @ 18:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The UK still has ways to press for the release of the British-Egyptian writer and bring an end to the hunger strike endangering his mother’s life

Last month, Sir Keir Starmer promised to do “everythin…

6 days ago

Shocking moment Gaza aid activists are dragged away by masked men as Egypt deports volunteers attempting to cross border

found 2025 › Jun › 15 (Sun) @ 20:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Footage shows authorities forcibly removing protesters from a sit-down demonstration at the Cairo border.

7 days ago

Gaza aid activist claims they were 'violently dragged' onto buses and 'beaten' as Egyptian authorities deported them

found 2025 › Jun › 14 (Sat) @ 19:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Organisers said today that several dozen activists (pictured) were stopped on the edge of Cairo as they attempted to reach the Suez Canal city of Ismailia.

8 days ago

Egypt, Libya stop activists gathering for March to Gaza, organisers say

found 2025 › Jun › 13 (Fri) @ 18:50 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

Security sources say dozens have been detained or deported from Cairo airport and other locations.

18 days ago

Dame Judi Dench and Carey Mulligan urge Keir Starmer to free British man who's been trapped in Egypt prison for the past 10 years

found 2025 › Jun › 03 (Tue) @ 15:30 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

EXCLUSIVE: Alaa Abd el Fattah, 43, has been imprisoned in Wadi El Natrun prison in Cairo after being arrested for his activist work in support of democracy and human rights in the country.

19 days ago

Hunger strike mother of British-Egyptian activist jailed in Cairo makes heartbreaking plea from London hospital bed

found 2025 › Jun › 03 (Tue) @ 08:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Laila Soueif, 68, is so weak she was rushed to hospital last week but continues to refuse all forms of glucose treatment.

23 days ago

Mother of jailed British-Egyptian activist hospitalised after 242 days on hunger strike

found 2025 › May › 30 (Fri) @ 13:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Laila Soueif continues protest against detention of Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Cairo

The mother of the imprisoned British-Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has has been admitted to hospital…

24 days ago

Former ambassador calls on UK to advise citizens against travel to Egypt

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 12:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

John Casson says Cairo ‘fobbing us off’ by refusing to release British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd el-Fattah

The former British ambassador to Egypt, John Casson, has urged the UK to advise its citizens…

25 days ago

Egypt illegally detaining Alaa Abd el-Fattah, UN investigators find

found 2025 › May › 28 (Wed) @ 08:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Report says British-Egyptian writer held for expressing political views and should be released without delay

The Britsh-Egyptian human rights activist and writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah is being illegally …

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