Despite the important role they play, however, members of the House are not elected in a truly democratic fashion. The House is essentially structured to align with the president. Twenty-eight ...

The dissident Alaa Abd El Fattah, a British-Egyptian dual citizen, was imprisoned for most of the past 12 years. His family waged an international campaign for his release. By Erika Solomon Frail but ...

Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s inauguration. It will be met not by celebration but by nationwide anxiety and large-scale — possibly violent — protests ...

Rights groups criticize Egypt's continued practice of referring political detainees to terrorism courts, further undermining due process and justice for those held for extended periods without trial.

Alaa Abd El Fattah, a British-Egyptian dual citizen, was imprisoned for most of the past 12 years as a dissident. He and his mother went on hunger strike to press for his release. By Vivian Yee Vivian ...

The prominent British Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah remains imprisoned in Cairo even after he completed his five-year sentence last September. Fattah came to prominence during the Egyptian ...