Month: November 2019

Regeni back in the spotlight: Italy asks Egypt for political agreement to resolve crisis

This week the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a request from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conclude a political agreement between Rome and Cairo resolving the crisis of the killing of Italian scholar Giulio Regeni. Cairo shall…

Ending torture and death penalty top recommendations submitted to Egypt

Last Friday, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted 372 recommendations concerning Egypt’s human rights record after the end of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session held last Wednesday. Those recommendations were submitted from 133 of 193 member states in…

Exclusive: EgyptWatch to host Mohamed Ali in London

Egypt Watch is hosting former Egyptian army contractor Mohamed Ali on his first visit outside Spain. It is a privilege to announce that we are organising an international press conference for Ali in London this week to announce his future plans….

Egypt newspaper incites murder of anti-Sisi artists – Middle East Monitor

Egyptian newspaper Al-Dustour published a photo of 6 Egyptian artists who have spoken out against the Sisi regime wishing them death “Death snatches the flower of promising young men and leaves others. God has his wisdom,” reads the caption over…

Egypt authorities criticised at UN Human Rights Council

This week a special session held in Geneva reviewed human rights in Egypt for the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council.                             The session started with a speech by the president of the Egyptian delegation Omar Marwan,…

Social media users slam Egypt authorities’ prison visit

On Monday the State Information Service (SIS) published a report detailing a visit made by journalists, reporters and public figures to Tora Prison. The visit was organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and the SIS. The visit was…

State Commissioners recommend closing The Guardian in Egypt

The State Commissioners Commission issued on Wednesday the recommendation to close the British daily The Guardian’s office in Egypt. The recommendations came within case no. 54519 in the Administrative Judiciary Court. The case was raised by Samir Sabry, a lawyer…

U.S. presses Egypt on alleged torture, mass arrests at U.N. review

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States and other Western countries urged Egypt on Wednesday to investigate alleged killings and torture by its security forces and to release journalists and others arrested for exercising their right to freedom of expression. Egypt…

Egypt’s military oppose listing army companies on stock exchange

On November 1, at the opening conference of new projects, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that companies owned by Egypt’s military must be allowed to sell shares on the stock exchange alongside other state companies slated for privatisation. This statement…

Egypt’s parliament has nothing to do with initiatives, politics or the president

“Anyone who mentions the homeland or the political leadership negatively has no place in Egypt in general and has to go to another country to live in,” Ali Abdel Aal Speaker of the House of Representatives, said, commenting on an…