Lawyer Amr Nuhan Held for 15 Days on Charges of Joining a Terrorist Group
EgyWatch – June 15, 2019 The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to detain lawyer Amr Nuhan, 15 days under investigation of case No. 741 of 2019, on charges of joining a terrorist group. This brings the number of lawyers accused…
Alaa al-Aswani: Sisi is Using the War on Terror to Silence Dissent
On Friday, the famous Egyptian writer Alaa al-Aswani attacked the use of “war on terror” by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to strengthen his authority and suppress the opposition. Aswani said in his article in Washington Post that the Egyptian authorities arrest…
Egypt Suspended the Presentation of the Defendants in the Courts during CAN
EgyWatch – June 15, 2019 The Egyptian authorities have issued a decision to stop the presentation of the defendants in court during the African Nations Cup in Cairo. “In light of the security preparations by the Cairo Security Directorate, this…
Egypt Sells Citizenship for $10,000 or rather Attracts Investments?
Mohammad Al BatawyJune 15, 2019 The National Defence and Security Committee of Egypt’s parliament passed a bill submitted by the government that allows the payment of $10,000 in exchange for an Egyptian citizenship. This project comes in times of successive…
Foreign Affairs: Sudan and Algeria learnt from Egypt’s failed experience
EgyWatch – June 13, 2019 Prominent global affairs magazine, Foreign Affairs, said that the lessons of the Egyptian revolution were useful for revolutionists in Sudan and Algeria. The feature titled ‘What Algeria and Sudan can learn from Egypt’ by Killian…
Al-Akhbar: A film set off a conflict between General and Military Intelligence
EgyWatch – June 13, 2019 Al-Akhbar Lebanese newspaper reported disputes between General Intelligence and Military Intelligence in Egypt to the extent that they are competing over films. The newspaper described differences between General Intelligence and their military counterparts regarding cinematic…
Egyptian government sweeping the lands of Al-Warraq Island
EgyWatch – June 13, 2019 In an escalating step against the people of Al-Warraq Island, security forces used bulldozers to remove cultivated areas of fruit trees on the island, amid fears of forced evacuation by local residents, a threat that…
Urban Researcher detained for Opposing State Policies in al-Warraq Island
EgyWatch – June 14, 2019 The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, a non-governmental human rights organisation, submitted a report to the Attorney-General on the detention and disappearance of Ibrahim Ezzeddin, a researcher in urban policy. According to the complaint…
No alternative to al-Sisi in Egypt’s ruling military?
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who carried out the coup d’état in 2013 against Egypt’s first freely elected civilian President Muhammed Morsi, consolidated his power further with a snap referendum held in late April. Although many analysts and observers cast doubt on…
British Armed Forces Minister bolsters UK-Egypt defence ties
The meeting came as a part of the Minister’s first official visit to Egypt, and presented an opportunity to reaffirm the strength of the UK’s defence relationship with Egypt and deepen the longstanding strategic partnership between the two countries. The…
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