Month: March 2020

Egypt’s infrastructure collapses when it rains

Egypt has witnessed an unprecedented wave of bad weather since 1994, which was represented by heavy rains in all governorates of the Republic, accompanied by storms, thunder, lightning and torrential rain in some places. Rain and storms caused the death…

As more virus cases trace their origins to Egypt, questions rise over government measures

CAIRO — For days now, the Egyptian government has stated that a Taiwanese American woman was the source of the coronavirus infections of 45 passengers and crew members aboard a Nile cruise ship, suggesting that Egypt was a victim of…

The Egyptian government uses Coronavirus crisis to collect money

Activists accused the Egyptian government of using the new Coronavirus crisis and seeking to gain out from it, by imposing high fees on those wishing to conduct a PCR analysis to detect the new coronavirus. Photos showed hundreds of people…

Political detainees: Overcrowding multiplies the Fears of Coronavirus

Under conditions of the widespread of the new Coronavirus in Egypt, the Human Rights Organizations and societal activist voices called for the immediate release of tens of thousands of people in Egyptian prisons. Human rights defenders affirm that prisons and…

The NCHR Annual Report: An Official documentation for the state’s violations in Egypt

A few days ago, the Egyptian the National Council for Human Rights issued its annual report which confirms what has been well-known to everyone that there is a real human rights crisis in Egypt; a decline in both of civil…

Ziad al-Olaimi sentenced to a year imprisonment for an interview with BBC!

The Cairo Criminal Court decided to imprison the activist Ziad Al-Olaimi for a year with a fine of 20,000 pounds, on charges of defaming Egypt and publishing false news, in a television interview on BBC during which he spoke about…

A new act to facilitate the confiscation of funds of political opponents

President Sisi issued Law 14 of 2020 amending Law No. 8 of 2015 regulating lists of terrorist entities and terrorists. The amendment included a new article stipulating the freezing of funds or other assets owned by the terrorist entity, or…

A new secretary for the Nation’s Future party after sudden resignations

The Nation’s Future party, affiliated with the security services, announced today, Tuesday, that the former head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Chancellor Abdel Wahab Hassan, assumed the position of party leader, replacing Ashraf Rashad, who was appointed as the first…

Coronavirus infects 80% of tourism reservations in Egypt

Egyptian tourism reservations decreased by 80% compared to the same period last year, following the blow that the tourism sector in Egypt received from the new Coronavirus. Former undersecretary of the ministry of tourism and head of the hotel control…

4 new infections with the new Corona virus

The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced, on Monday evening, that the number of confirmed cases of the new Corona virus (Covid 19) has risen to 59 after 4 new infections were discovered, who were in contact with previously announced cases….