Why Is Egypt Attacking Human Rights Groups?
The brave people who work to protect Egyptians from abuse are under aggressive and accelerating attack. The attackers come from the government, its proxies in the media, its security forces, and even elements of the supposedly independent judiciary. The goal…
Over 500 political prisoners in Egypt enter 35th day of hunger strike
25th July 2019 Over 500 political prisoners across several prisons in Egypt have surpassed day 35 of their hunger strike, which they began in June to protest against the death of former President Mohamed Morsi. Morsi died on 17…
In Egypt there are no real trade unions
July 25, 2019 The International Labour Organisation listed Egypt on the short list of countries that violate labour rights (i.e. the black list) in session no. 108 of the international labour conference held in the Swiss capital Geneva. Although the…
Shereen Fahmy: The execution judge who handles political opponents
July 25, 2019 Judge Badry Abdel Fattah, head of the Cairo Court of Appeal and member of the Supreme Judicial Council in Egypt, decided to establish an independent criminal administration to handle all issues of political crisis and terrorism at…
Egypt State Information Service: HRW works with terrorists
July 23, 2019 The Egyptian State Information Service (SIS) has criticised Human Rights Watch over a recent media interview by Sarah Leah Whitson, director of the Middle East and North Africa division of the organisation, on the Egypt Today programme…
Egypt detainee dies after four days in “punishment cell”
July 25, 2019 Omar Adel, 29, died on Monday in Tora Prison after being held in a punishment cell for five days, sparking widespread anger among activists on social media. Prison authorities put Omar in the punishment cell last Thursday…
Australian company Jessland files international arbitration suit against Egypt
July 24, 2019 The Australian mining company Jessland has filed an arbitration suit with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of the World Bank against the Egyptian state-owned mining company after the Abu Dabab mine license was…
Egyptian Families Accuse Security Forces of Killing Detainees
CAIRO—Egyptian security forces arrested Mohamed Abdelsatar at the school where he worked as a teacher in April 2017. Another man, Sabry Salah, was arrested the next month. Mr. Salah’s wife and Mr. Abdelsatar’s school asked the government for information about…
Egypt minister downplays threat to ‘cut’ critics abroad
Egypt’s minister for expatriates’ affairs has downplayed the significance of comments she made about its critics abroad, whom she said would be “cut”. A video of Nabila Makram speaking at a meeting with Egyptians living in Toronto, Canada, appears to…
The 12th death of Hosni Mubarak: 8 years of lying
July 23, 2019 “Mubarak is not dead, the news of his death is not true;” the lawyer of former President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak has denied the news circulating. Rumours of Mubarak’s death have been repeated continuously in Egypt, since his…
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