Ban, Security Council condemn terrorist attacks in Egypt's Sinai peninsula
New York, Jan 31 (IBNS) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council on Thursdaycondemned the terrorist attacks on towns in the northern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, which killed and injured dozens of Egyptian soldiers and people.
Schoolbus tanker collision leaves 18 dead in Egypt
Cairo, Nov 5 (IBNS): At least 18 people, mostly school children died when their schoolbus collided with a oil tanker in northern Egypt on Wednesday, media reported.
Sinking of Mediterranean migrant boat amounts to 'mass murder' - UN rights chief
New York, Sept 20 (IBNS) The UN's top human rights official on Friday urged Egypt and other North African and European States to help bring to justice the people smugglers who allegedly deliberately sank a boat causing the deaths of hundreds of refugees and migrants in last week's "truly horrendous incident" in the Mediterranean.
UN rights chief warns as Egypt sentences journalists
New York, June 24 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed deep concern over a string of recent court decisions in Egypt, including the verdicts and heavy jail sentences handed down Monday to three Al Jazeera journalists, as well as 11 other defendants who were tried in absentia.
Egypt: Ban voices hopes for democracy, stability after elections
New York, Jun 4 (IBNS): Taking note of the official release of the results of the recent election in Egypt, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday voiced his hope that President-elect Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will support the people's aspirations for a stable and democratic country.
Egypt: UN urges reform to legal system following death sentences
New York, May 16 (IBNS): In the wake of the second wave of mass death sentences handed down in Egypt last month, a group of African and United Nations human rights experts on Thursday called on authorities to bring the country's legal system into compliance with international and regional standards.
Egypt: Ban alarmed by recent mass death sentence
New York, Apr 29 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday voiced alarmed at the news that another preliminary mass death sentence has been handed down in Egypt, where more than 680 people were reportedly on trial, a topic he will raise later this week in a meeting with the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nabil Fahmy.