Month: February 2020

In al-Sisi’s Egypt, your thoughts can land you in prison

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s violations against freedom of thought and expression continue, as it has not sufficed that he controls political life and has curbed the gains of the January 25 revolution that strengthened freedom of expression, public debate and…

Weapon deals: The password for al-Sisi`s relations with Europe

Weapon deals are one of the strongest reasons for the close relationship between Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime and European governments, especially France, Germany, Britain, and Italy. Since al-Sisi came to power in mid-2014, Egypt has spent billions of…

Wael Abbas and Walid al-Shoubki released without precautionary measures

The Supreme State Security Prosecution has canceled the precautionary measures imposed on blogger Wael Abbas and researcher Walid al-Shoubki and released them. The Criminal Court initially decided to release them on precautionary measures which would mean they spent a certain…

Patrick George and Shady Abu Zeid’s detention renewed for 15 days

The Mansoura Prosecution has renewed the detention of researcher Patrick George for 15 more days pending investigations in case No. 7245 of 2019 for publishing false news and abusing social media networks against al-Sisi’s regime. Patrick’s lawyer said that his…

Rain floods Cairo’s streets

Thunderstorms in Cairo on Monday led to flooding on a number of roads causing a buildup of traffic and numerous diversions causing chaos on the bridges and main roads. The Cairo Traffic Department announced the closure of the al-Uruba tunnel…

A campaign to release Ziad al-Alimi on his birthday

A number of political activists started a campaign for the detained human rights lawyer Ziad al-Alimi on his birthday. They published photos of Ziad and demanded he be released. Ekram Youssef, Ziad’s mother, said that her son has celebrated his…

Prosecution orders medical examination for detained lawyer Mohammad Ramadan

Al-Montazah prosecution has sent a letter to Borg Al-Arab prison’s chief, asking one of the prison doctors to examine the imprisoned lawyer Mohamed Ramadan to see if he needs treatment outside the prison, according to the Egyptian Commission for Rights…

Egypt’s Al-Azhar: Female circumcision not permissible under Islamic law

Al-Azhar has issued a statement which confirms that female circumcision is not permissible under Islamic law, and that circumcision damages females psychologically and physically. Al-Azhar said in the statement that female circumcision is not mentioned in the Qur’an and its…

Government demands to protect Egypt’s antiquities abroad hypocritical

Cairo does not have a good reputation in the field of antiquities smuggling, but despite this, it demanded Spain look after a pharaonic temple that the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser gave to Madrid, or to return it. The request…

Resumption of flights to China: The economy trumps Egyptians’ health

EgyptAir announced in a statement last Thursday that it will resume some flights to and from China starting this week. The company suspended all flights to China in early February due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. “EgyptAir decided to…