Arrest campaigns and strict security measures expose fragility of Egypt’s regime
On the ninth anniversary of the January 25 revolution, which toppled the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt is in a state of anticipation, in light of calls on the internet to protest, amidst heightened security in anticipation of any…
Mustafa al-Najjar: The tragic story of a forced disappearance in Egypt
Shaima Afifi, an Egyptian mother, no longer finds answers to her children’s questions about their father’s 16-month absence. Shaima, who is a mathematics teacher, says that she will continue to knock on the judicial and media doors and launch campaigns…
532 violations against journalists in 2019
The Arab Observatory for Media Freedom has issued its annual report on violations of media freedom in Egypt in 2019, monitoring 532 violations of media freedom and the press during the first 10 months of 2019, cementing the dominance of…
Debt raises budget deficit to 3.8%
Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait has said that the budget deficit in the first half of the current fiscal year rose to 3.8 per cent, compared to 3.6 in the first half of the last fiscal year 2018/2019. Maait attributed…
Al-Sisi stabbed in the back by gas allies
In absentia of General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s regime, his three close allies in the field of gas signed the East Mediterranean pipeline agreement, which threatened the Egyptian dream to become a regional hub for the trade and distribution of liquefied natural…
Protesters shame al-Sisi in London
Dozens of Egyptians residing in Britain organised a protest in front of the headquarters of the British- African investment conference in the capital, London, to protest against the participation of Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the conference. Al-Sisi visited…
Increase in Ministry of Health resignations over administrative abuse
The Secretary of the Egyptian Medicines Syndicate Mohamed Abdel Hamid has said that the number of doctors resigning from the Ministry of Health because of administrative abuse is increasing. Abdel Hamid said that the number of doctors who resigned from…
Rights groups demand Red Cross inspect Egypt prisons
Nine human rights organisations expressed in a statement on Sunday their deep concern about the medical negligence suffered by political detainees in Egyptian prisons, who are treated in an undignified manner prompting them to go on hunger strikes. The organisations…
Appeal on the reservation of money in terror cases
The Supreme Constitutional Court received, on Sunday, its first appeal against the anti-terror law that allows authorities to freeze money of those accused in terrorism cases, on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. Khalid Ali, the well-known lawyer, said that…
A moment of terror: Audio recording captures shouts of Egyptian detainees
The human rights platform We Record has published a leaked audio recording which captures detainees screaming and knocking on the doors of cells to save an ill detainee inside the Tora Prison complex, south of Cairo. Detainees call on the…
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