Prosecution investigates killing of two inside Alexandria police station
August 1, 2019 The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) said on Wednesday that prosecutors are investigating the killing of two people inside El-Dekheila police station in Alexandria during their detention. ECRF confirmed that one of the two victims…
Amnesty International: 130 prisoners on hunger strike in Egypt
August 1, 2019 About 130 detainees in the heavily guarded Scorpion wing of Tora Prison have been on hunger strike for the last six weeks. Strikers are protesting against the prevention of visits since their arrest two years ago, Amnesty…
Sisi laughs at economic decline in Egypt
August 1, 2019 Abdel Fattah al-Sisi burst out laughing, taunting the difficult economic climate and societal deterioration in Egypt at an annual youth conference held earlier this week. “If people in Egypt had rejected economic reforms we would have held…
Egypt owes $14.5 billion of debt in next 6 months
August 1, 2019 Egypt has to repay $12.7 billion in premiums and $1.8 billion in interest during the second half of 2019, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said on Tuesday. The debt is divided into $1.48 billion for Paris…
Son of former justice minister Ahmed Suleiman: My father is subject to deliberate medical negligence
August 1st, 2019 The son of Ahmed Suleiman, the former minister of justice in the government of the late President Mohamed Morsi, revealed on Tuesday that his father has suffered for eight months in prison and said that freedom…
ECRF file lawsuit demanding disclosure of Mustafa al-Najjar’s place of detention
August 1st, 2019 The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), an Egyptian civil society organisation, have filed a lawsuit to the Administrative Court of the State Council to demand the disclosure of former MP Mustafa al-Najjar’s place of detention….
Khairat al-Shater: Accusations against the Brotherhood are fabricated for political reasons
August 1st, 2019 “The minister who testified in this court that we were spying before the revolution of 25 January 2011 was the one who released me after the revolution, and called the prison chief and asked him to talk…
In Egypt, the curse of stray dogs haunts the government
August 1st, 2019 Egyptian Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad has tried to defend the government’s policy to kill stray dogs in Egypt by asserting that the shooting of dogs in the street is not why snakes have emerged. The minister’s…
Six years since al-Sisi asked for a mandate to fight terror, the war in not over
July 31, 2019 “Egyptians must take to the streets on Friday to give me the mandate to face violence and terrorism.” Six years have passed since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who at the time was Defence Minister, demanded popular authorisation to…
Poverty rate in Egypt 32.5% according to official figures
July 31, 2019 The Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed in a press conference on Monday that the poverty rate in Egypt is 32.5 per cent compared to 27.8 per cent in July 2016. According to…
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