Italy asks EU to adopt Regeni’s case
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said that it had been decided to directly engage the European Union to pressure Egypt over the jurisdiction to try suspects by the Italian judiciary in the Giulio Regeni murder. The minister added, “Italy…
Egypt opposes Saudi-Qatari talks to conceal Gulf crisis
Informed sources have revealed that Egypt opposes the Saudi-Qatari understandings that they recently reached to solve the Gulf crisis. The sources said that Egyptian-Emirati coordination on this rejection was witnessed at the last meeting between Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Abu…
Egypt is one of the top countries in the world detaining journalists in 2020
A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) showed a record increase in the number of imprisoned journalists, indicating that most of them are in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. According to the CPJ’s report, the number of journalists…
John Afrique: Al-Sisi’s son is the conductor of the repression orchestra in Egypt
John Afrique French magazine described Brigadier General Mahmoud al-Sisi, son of Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as the repression orchestra leader in Egypt who is considered the black power of his father. The magazine began its report by underscoring the…
Mass harassment again in Egypt with governmental inaction
Not many days pass before Egyptians wake up to a new shock from the traumas of mass harassment of a girl in a street or a certain region. Every time the debate about this phenomenon and fear of its spread…
Egyptians abroad: Continuous repression despite leaving the homeland
Egyptians living outside their homeland are subjected to various forms of the regime’s repression, starting with the restrictions on them obtaining official papers in their countries’ embassies, to spying on them and requesting their extradition. The severe repression that Egyptians…
Egypt closes Regeni case to avoid angering the regime
The Egyptian public prosecution’s decision to close the investigation file into the murder of the Italian student, Giulio Regeni, indicates Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s keenness to avoid raising challenges from within his system. Al-Sisi fears internal anger from within the pillars…
Al-Sisi’s visit to France: Military cooperation at the expense of human rights
French President Emmanuel Macron did not find any embarrassment in rejecting dozens of international human rights organisations’ pleas and instead rolled the red carpet out for the head of the Egyptian regime, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. He also found no indignation…
Corruption in Egypt: Rosy statements and a painful reality
Every year, with the commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, officials in Egypt come out to make statements about the anti-corruption strategy and the successes that people are promising while the citizen feels no change. Over the past years, al-Sisi and…
Dissident MP Ahmed Tantawi falls after results are manipulated
After the General Elections Committee in Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate announced the loss of opposition parliamentarian Ahmed Tantawi in the run-off round of the House of Representatives elections for Qaleen district in the governorate, a wave of anger and sadness erupted….
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