The Palestinian militant group Hamas demanded that Egypt release a Gaza Strip police chief detained last week on suspicion of involvement in rocket attacks launched from the territory.

Today Egyptians around the country have off from work and school in recognition of a new national holiday: Police Day. The Mubarak regime, it seems, has a sense of humor

*Commemorating Egypt’s Police Day, Bikya Masr is republishing a series of articles that highlight police abuse in the country. This article was originally published December 13, 2009.

CAIRO: A farmer from Ismo el-Aroos village in Deir Mawas in the Minya governorate some 250 miles south of Cairo was killed after two police officers broke into his house

CAIRO: In a move that has already received much praise from human rights advocates in Egypt, police Col. Akram Soliman has been sentenced to five years in prison after being

People shouted slogans such as “No to police brutality” and “Torture is a crime” as citizens chanted calls against the regime and the ruling National Democratic Party.

Looking at the main gate of the Alexandria University medical campus at eight in the morning, it looks as if it were a queue at airport security.

In a strongly worded statement, they asserted that " Injustice has exceeded all the limits of tolerable thresholds it is evident that the governing authority views us as inferior.

The city of Matareya in Daqahleya governorate is currently living a state of rage and anger as people accused Major Mohamed Abul Azam, the new Head of State Security Investigations

At least 20 people are still held in detention in Egypt after peaceful protests on Monday. The protesters, who took part in nationwide strikes and demonstrations, were calling for a