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Published 4 January 2019 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing The CBS television network says it has rejected a request by Egypt's envoy to the US not to broadcast an interview with President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. The 60 Minutes programme cited Mr Sisi as confirming the Egyptian military was working with Israel to combat jihadist militants in the Sinai peninsula. He also denied Egypt was detaining any political prisoners and defended a deadly crackdown on protesters in 2013. CBS says it was asked not to air the interview soon after it was recorded . There was no immediate response to the report from the Egyptian government. What did the president say? CBS did not provide a full transcript of the interview, but it said the retired field marshal was questioned about the crackdown launched after he led the military's overthrow of the democratically elected President … [Read more...] about Abdul Fattah al-Sisi: Why did Egypt want CBS interview pulled?

By Wael Hussein Published 13 May 2019 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Every day, Samhi Moustafa makes a gruelling round trip of 200km (125 miles) between his family home near Cairo and Bani Sweif, a province to the south. On one such journey, he was seriously wounded in a car accident, but knew he had to carry on. His daily ordeal is compulsory for at least the next five years. Samhi must spend 12 hours a day at a police station - known in Egypt as a supplementary penalty. He has already served a five-year prison sentence, which ended last year. The 32-year-old journalist was convicted of spreading "false news" and helping the now banned Muslim Brotherhood group during a 2013 sit-in in Cairo to protest the ouster of the elected Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Samhi denies the charges, and says he was just doing his job. Samhi, who posted a photo of his … [Read more...] about Egypt justice: Freedom by day, prisoner by night

By BBC Monitoring Published 12 May 2016 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing The militant group Sinai Province is the most active insurgent group in Egypt. It has been linked to a number of deadly attacks, mostly in North Sinai, but also in the capital, Cairo, and other provinces. The Islamist group, initially known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Supporters of Jerusalem), has been active in the Sinai Peninsula since 2011. It changed its name after it pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in November 2014. In 2015, Sinai Province staged a series of attacks against the army, whose scale and complexity indicated the possibility of closer coordination with the IS leadership in Syria. Sinai Province is thought to be aiming to take control of the Sinai Peninsula in order to turn it into an Islamist province run by IS. The number of active Sinai … [Read more...] about Sinai Province: Egypt’s most dangerous group

The Attorney General has called for a culture change around maternity rights, saying too many employers are breaching employment rules. Suella Braverman, who last year became the first ever cabinet minister to take maternity leave , said: "Unfortunately, employers are breaking the law, and we do need to change that culture. We do need to ensure that more employers provide support to women in the workplace." In an exclusive interview to mark Mothering Sunday, she told Sky's political editor Beth Rigby it was "pretty surreal" to call the prime minister and tell him she was pregnant and wanted to take maternity leave. Mrs Braverman said she was "daunted" by the prospect of making the call, but the prime minister's response was to say it was "great news" and that she should "take whatever time(she) needs", "we'll sort it out." But for the Attorney General to take up the prime minister's encouragement to go on paid maternity leave, a law had to be rushed through … [Read more...] about Employers ‘breaking the law’ on maternity rights, says attorney general

By Helen Briggs Published 21 July 2019 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing A woman engineer who worked on the moon landing spoke this week of how she was once told the control room was no place for women. Things have changed a lot in 50 years, but not as fast as some had hoped. BBC News spoke to five scientists from different generations who are breaking barriers in their field. The Pioneer: Prof Jocelyn Bell Burnell Famous for discovering the first pulsar more than 50 years ago, Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell has also been a lifelong advocate of women in science. As a school pupil in Northern Ireland in the 1950s, like other girls she was not permitted to study science until her parents (and others) protested. "The boys got sent to the science lab and the girls got sent to the domestic science room because everybody knew that girls were only going to get married so … [Read more...] about Women in science: Smashing glass ceilings and glass walls

By Katie Wright Published 11 May 2017 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing This week, Senator Larissa Waters became the first Australian politician to breastfeed in parliament. But can women really breastfeed at work? Dr BJ Epstein, a senior lecturer at the University of East Anglia, started bringing her daughter Esther to her office when she was 14 months old. "Initially, I was really stressed about returning to work, as breastfeeding was an important part of our relationship," she says. "But luckily I have been really well supported. She comes with me to work three days a week before nursery and breastfeeds - but I do have a private office. "I am aware my situation is quite unusual. It's been nothing but a positive experience." But does it interfere with BJ's work? "I don't find it distracting having my daughter in my office," she says. "She sits on … [Read more...] about Breastfeeding at work: Women’s stories

By Yolande Knell Published 9 minutes ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing A group of MPs and peers has written to the UK government pressing for urgent help for a British-Egyptian activist imprisoned in Egypt. Alaa Abdel Fattah, 40, is said to have been on hunger strike since 2 April. A letter to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says he has been held in "inhumane" conditions as a political prisoner and asks her to call for his release. It says the British embassy has not been granted consular access and that this could set "a dangerous precedent". The Egyptian government has previously dismissed accusations over prison conditions and insisted there are no political prisoners in the country. Grateful to all 27 British parliamentarians who signed the letter to #FreeAlaa @FCDOHumanRights @FCDOGovUK @trussliz @BorisJohnson @10DowningStreet @BBCNewsnight … [Read more...] about Alaa Abdel Fattah: UK urged to help jailed British-Egyptian activist

By Yolande Knell Published 11 April Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Egyptians are asking questions over the mysterious death of a prominent economist, Ayman Hadhoud, in the custody of security forces. Mr Hadhoud's relatives were asked to collect his body from a psychiatric hospital in Cairo on Saturday, over two months after they say he disappeared. Official accounts of what happened to him appear to contradict each other. The case has again brought into focus what activists have referred to as Egypt's "abysmal human rights record" . Mr Hadhoud, 48, was a member of the liberal Reform and Development Party, headed by Mohamed Sadat, a nephew of the late President Anwar Sadat. His brother, Omar, last saw him on 5 February. Soon after, his family was told by a policeman that Ayman was being held at a police station by the State Security Agency. However, … [Read more...] about Ayman Hadhoud: Questions over Egyptian economist’s mysterious death

She disinvited him from delivering the State of the Union during a government shutdown. He grounded her plane, abruptly canceling her taxpayer-funded trip to a foreign war zone. Two weeks in, the relationship between the new House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and President Donald Trump is off to a smashing start. Forget a swift resolution to the record-breaking shutdown : As hundreds of thousands of federal employees continue to work without pay , the two most powerful elected leaders in the country are locked in a duel of personal vengeance, making the possibility of good-faith negotiations to end the impasse even more unlikely. On Wednesday, Pelosi suggested that Trump delay his annual speech to Congress , essentially threatening to use her power as speaker to block him from the Capitol. (The State of the Union is delivered by formal invitation from lawmakers.) In response, the president was initially, and uncharacteristically, silent. No name-calling tweets, no blustery sound … [Read more...] about A Vengeful Start to the Trump-Pelosi Rivalry

Son Heung-min is the type of signing that every scout, sporting director and coach would normally clamour to claim. But at Tottenham Hotspur, there is no argument over who should take the credit for the arrival of the South Korean seven years ago. Chairman Daniel Levy got more stick over failing to land Saido Berahino, now of Sheffield Wednesday, from West Bromwich Albion than any credit he received for signing Son for £22 million in the summer of 2015. But, just as missing out on Berahino proved to be a lucky escape, Son must rank as Tottenham’s best signing of the last seven years and it was the hands-on approach of Levy, which has not always worked out for the best, that proved to be vital. Levy did not have an invite to Bayer Leverkusen’s BayArena stadium to meet Son, when he turned up unannounced with the intention of signing him. He waited until Son and his representatives consented to talk to him and would not leave until an agreement had been reached. That persistence … [Read more...] about Why Son Heung-min is the most under-rated striker on the planet