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A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Mar 1, 2018

Riot police walk in front of graffiti representing anti-military power and Egypt's unrest, which reads "Glory to the unknown", along Mohamed Mahmoud Street during the third anniversary of violent and deadly clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 19, 2014. Egyptian police arrested 25 individuals after four hundred protestors staged a march through downtown Cairo on the anniversary of deadly clashes with security forces three years ago, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dals — Riot police walk in front of graffiti representing anti-military power and Egypt's unrest, which reads "Glory to the unknown," along Mohamed Mahmoud Street during the third anniversary of violent and deadly clashes near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 19, 2014. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Members of security forces keep watch in Tahrir Square before the fifth anniversary of the January 25 uprising, in Cairo, Egypt, January 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RTX23RJQ

Egypt still struggles to improve human rights

Safiaa Mounir

Suhayb Saad, an activist who rights groups say was taken by security forces and forced to confess on TV his membership of a terrorist cell, a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood, stands behind bars with other co-defendants as they wait to listen the ruling at a court in Cairo June 23, 2014. Picture taken June 23, 2014. To match EGYPT-RIGHTS/ REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih - RTX1OSZH

Victims still 'disappearing' from Egyptian streets

Aya Nader

People walk by a poster of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for the upcoming presidential election, in Cairo, Egypt March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC1803270830

As elections draw near, Egypt’s media faces further restrictions

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Regeni case still complicating ties between Rome, Cairo

Albaraa Abdullah

Albaraa Abdullah