Corrupt MPs booted out
IN AN EXTRA-ORDINARY session on Sunday, the People's Assembly decided to expel four National Democratic Party (NDP) deputies from parliament.
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Missing the point
The government's handling of a remarkable Supreme Constitutional Court ruling on Parliamentary elections has elicited a range of reactions from the judiciary
A power above all
The Supreme Constitutional Court is regarded as the fortress of justice. Shaden Shehab interviews its former chairman and leafs through the pages of the court's history
The road to reform
Opposition representatives, speaking to Nadia Abou El-Magd, believe the amendments to the election law are merely the first steps on a long road
Telling our story
A story recounted by an American children's book angered Egyptians because it disparages their own history. Nadia Abou El-Magd reviews the controversial points
Lawyers in disarray
In a display of disunity, a work stoppage by lawyers failed to materialise in Cairo but was successfully staged in other governorates. Mona El-Nahhas reports
A risky business
The Press Syndicate has announced that a deal pending approval will pay the salaries of striking Al-Shaab journalists, but it's a drop in the bucket for troubled Al-Shaab, reports Amira Howeidy
Piling up the charges
On the authority of a 1992 military decree, as well as Penal Code provisions, NGO figure Saadeddin Ibrahim and several of his associates remain in custody, report Jailan Halawi and Mariz Tadros
No need for panic?
NGOs, especially those involved in advocacy, are tormented with alarm. The government, however, maintains that Ibrahim's case should not be read as an attack on civil society
Off the books
The 1995 parliamentary elections saw the first-ever experience of election monitoring in Egypt. It may have been the last, writes Amira Howeidy
Cairo counsel
