6 human rights organisations demand al-Sisi stop executions
Six human rights organisations have launched a campaign “Stop executions in Egypt” and demanded the Egyptian regime to stop issuing and carrying out death sentences. Adalah’s Foundation for Human Rights, Efdi International, Shehab Centre for Human Rights, Peace International for…
86 per cent of September detainees remain in detention
On Wednesday, the Egyptian Commission for Human Rights issued an inventory of the number of detainees arrested by the Egyptian authorities in connection with the call to demonstrate on 20 and 27 September. The number of detainees has reached 2,741,…
British university orders every student home from Egypt after two are arrested
The University of Edinburgh has told students on a year abroad in Egypt to return home, after two of their students were arrested in the country. Two of the Edinburgh university’s third-year students were detained by Egyptian authorities in Cairo….
Family says Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah beaten in jail
A leading Egyptian activist who was arrested amid a recent clampdown following anti-government protests has been beaten, threatened and stripped to his underwear while in custody, according to his family. Mona Seif wrote on Twitter on Thursday that her brother,…
The impossible reform: al-Sisi’s regime is out of balance
The Egyptian regime has panicked after sudden, popular demonstrations broke out on September 20 demanding the president leave. The regime thought it crushed any possible movement in the streets after killing, arresting and forcibly disappearing more than 60,000 opponents and…
Egyptian intelligence exploits halal certificates to inflate its wealth
In what observers considered a shock to the imported meat market in Egypt, the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture made a decision that only the IS EG Company would be able to issue halal certificates, which came into effect at the…
Foreign investors sue Egypt for $15 billion
Egypt is one of several African countries that have been sued by foreign investors due to low profits as a result of domestic policies, according to a report by Transnational. The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research is a…
Two Jordan citizens reveal details of their arrest in Egypt
On Tuesday, two Jordanian citizens Thaer Matar and Abdul Rahman al-Rajabeh testified about their 10-day detention in Egypt through a media interview in the Kingdom of Jordan. The Egyptian authorities released Matar and Rajabeh last Wednesday after holding them in…
Italian Foreign Minister: We will not accept procrastination over Regeni case
On Tuesday, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said he would not accept procrastination over the crisis of the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni anymore. “The Egyptian authorities have to show the truth from Cairo,” he added. The remarks…
Amid discontent and repression, is Egypt’s eruption inevitable?
While Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was in New York addressing the United Nations General Assembly, back home his government, in response to demonstrations, began the largest wave of mass arrests since the former general came to power. According to…
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