Egypt: Judges angry as Sisi’s brother gains influence
Discontent is swelling among high-ranking Egyptian judicial sources angry about the growing influence of Al-Sisi’s brother, Counselor Ahmed Al-Sisi, sources have told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Ahmed Al-Sisi has played a central role in selecting the heads of judicial bodies, including the…
Egypt rights activists slam government tour of infamous Cairo prison as ‘staged’
Egypt’s interior ministry has organised a tour of its most infamous prison, just days after a panel of United Nations experts warned that thousands of prisoners were at risk of dying in Egyptian jails. Senior interior ministry officials paid a…
Tantawi’s political initiative provokes the regime
Ahmed Tantawi, a member of the Egyptian parliament, has put forward a new initiative consisting of 12 main axes aimed at achieving political reform in the country and building a modern, democratic state. In a long video broadcast on Sunday…
One year in pre-trial detention for Aisha al-Shater and Hoda Abdel Moneim
A year ago, Egyptian security forces arrested Aisha al-Shater, the daughter of prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat al-Shater, and former lawyer and member of the National Council for Human Rights Hoda Abdel Moneim, as part of a campaign of arrests…
Alaa Abdel Fattah’s family informs African rights groups of his torture
On Tuesday, the family of the detained Egyptian political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah went to the 12th conference of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions to deliver complaints of the violations and conditions of his detention in violation…
Egypt parliament considers MP Ahmed Tantawi’s punishment
Ninety-five deputies submitted a request to the Speaker of the House of Representatives to refer MP Ahmed Tantawi to the Committee of Values, on the back of his announcement of an initiative to resolve the political crisis in Egypt. The…
Egypt borrows €675 million through treasury bills
Egypt’s Central Bank said €695 million ($770.27 million) one-year euro-denominated treasury bills will be launched on Monday (November 11). Egypt sold €610 million ($676.12 million) one-year euro treasury bills at an average yield of 1.49 per cent in a similar…
Egypt: UN experts denounce Morsi “brutal” prison conditions, warn thousands of other inmates at severe risk
UNITED NATIONS PRESS RELEASE GENEVA (8 November 2019) – The prison regime in Egypt may have directly led to the death of former President Mohamed Morsi, and may be placing the health and lives of thousands more prisoners at severe…
The New Egyptian capital: Lies about funding, foreign investors flee
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi announced the establishment of a new capital for Egypt in March 2015 and the project rushed into implementation so fast disregarding both any criticism pointed at it and legitimate questions about its benefit in the circumstances…
Mohamed Ali: al-Sisi will fall within 3 months
The Egyptian businessman and actor Mohamed Ali has said that he intends to broadcast a new video within three weeks which will cause a political earthquake that will shatter General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s world. He said that al-Sisi’s rule will…
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