Month: June 2020

Egypt’s Medical Syndicate demands release of 5 detained doctors

The Egyptian Medical Syndicate demanded, on Tuesday, the release of five doctors who were detained for criticising the authority’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. EMS called in an official letter sent to the Attorney General Hamada al-Sawy for the rapid…

Speaker of Egypt’s parliament attacks democracy

The speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal said that there is a global dispute over democracy as an electoral and political system, and some see it as the worst system. Abdel Aal’s statements shocked Egyptians ahead…

Egypt to go to the Security Council to solve the Renaissance Dam crisis

Egypt is considering resorting to the UN Security Council to prevent Ethiopia from taking unilateral action on the Renaissance Dam. This came from Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, in a symposium entitled “Egyptian diplomacy: dealing with the current challenges,” via…

Mohamed Mounir: Another journalist arrested in Egypt

Egyptian security forces arrested at dawn on Monday the journalist and writer Mohamed Mounir from his home in Sheikh Zayed City, west of Cairo. The family of the leftist opponent journalist said, in a statement published on his Facebook account,…

Egyptian authorities seek to establish a controversial electoral system

The Board of Directors of the National Elections Authority announced the unanimous approval of draft election laws submitted by the Egyptian parliament. The Egyptian parliament requested the opinion of the authority in the reports of the Legislative Committee regarding electoral…

Egypt’s media incites against the Tunisian democracy

The Egyptian media, loyal to the regime, intensified their incitement to protests and revolution in Tunisia, in order to uproot what the media has described as the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood that controlled the government there. This incitement came after a…

Amendment to law paves way for privatisation of state-owned companies

The Egyptian parliament approved on Wednesday to amend law no. 203 of year 1991 of the public business sector companies, and referred it to the committee of legalisation to prepare it for final voting. The public business sector consists of…

Egypt hits new high record of daily coronavirus infections

On Saturday, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced the registration of 1,577 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number to 41,303 cases. These figures are the highest daily infection rates since coronavirus first appeared in Egypt. The…

Egypt’s parliament approves amendments of the political practices law

The Egyptian parliament approved, on Sunday, the amendments proposed by the pro-government Support Egypt Coalition of the law of political rights’ practice no. 45 of year 2014. The amendments include maintaining the old system of parliamentary elections, which gives 50…

Egyptian medical student volunteer dies fighting coronavirus

The Egyptian citizen Ashraf el-Gamal, father of the medical student Mohamed el-Gamal, the first volunteer doctor to die of coronavirus, has accused the Egyptian authorities of being late to treat him, indicating that officials did not even care to call…