Offstream
news

Human rights groups say the military is secretly detaining and torturing hundreds and possibly thousands of suspected government opponents and has been doing so since the protests started.
2011-02-9

The Vice President of Egypt Omar Suleiman promises that the government will not pursue protesters.
2011-02-8

People demonstrate against the Mubarak regime for the thirteenth consecutive day, dubbed the "Day of Martyrs" in memory of those killed.
2011-02-6

Nederlandse Omroep Stichting cameraman Eric Feijten is arrested again after being released from his previous arrest.
2011-02-4

President of the United States Barack Obama makes his first comments on Egypt since President Hosni Mubarak announced he would step down before the next elections; Obama tells the people of Egypt "We hear your voice", and calls for an "orderly transition" of power that "must begin now".
2011-02-2

President Hosni Mubarak orders his new prime minister Ahmed Shafiq to preserve subsidies, control inflation and provide more jobs as he battles an intense popular revolt against his 30-year rule. The announcement is read out on state television but has little effect as protesters vow to continue demonstrating until the Mubarak regime falls.
2011-01-31

Several prison breaks occur, including the escape of 5,000 from a jail in Faiyum Governorate, many including 34 members of the Muslim Brotherhood from Wadi El Natrun, where eight people were killed in riots, and at least eight Hamas militants from Abu Zaabal Prison in Cairo, two of them escaping to Gaza, and two policemen and twelve escaped inmates were killed there; many more escaped from Tora Prison in Cairo, close to where 'dozens' of people were killed. Soldiers have been deployed outside of many prisons.
2011-01-30

A curfew is extended from 16:00 until 8:00 Egyptian time according to state television.
2011-01-29

Reuters reports at least 870 injuries in Cairo alone during the day, according to medical sources.
2011-01-28

The Real Irish Republican Army threatens to resume attacks on Mainland Britain including banks.
2010-09-15