Mubarak’s return shakes al-Sisi’s throne
With a face that Egyptians had not seen before, the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had a lengthy conversation with the Egyptians, the first of its kind since the revolution that ousted him from power in 2011. Mubarak appeared for…
The military wants reconciliation, but al-Sisi refuses
Between the calls for reform and the arrests, the Egyptian regime seems to be walking with two different heads, led by two competing fronts. Egypt is currently witnessing a number of contradictions: a front calling for reform and releasing political…
Perfectly preserved mummies in 3,000 year old colourful coffins discovered in Egypt
Perfectly preserved mummies were found in 30 colourful wooden coffins found on the Nile River’s west bank near Luxor, Egyptian archaeologists have revealed. Adorned with delicate inscriptions and paintings, they were discovered in the Asasif Necropolis and are considered the most significant find of…
Al-Sisi`s reforms began with the arrest of journalists and activists
While Egyptians await the beginning of political reform and media openness promised by journalists and media affiliated with the regime of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian security forces arrested the Associated Press correspondent in Cairo, as well as the…
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…
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