Egypt court refers papers of 37 defendants to Grand Mufti to approve execution
The Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday referred the papers of Hisham Ashmawi and 36 other defendants to the Grand Mufti in the case known to the media as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis. This measure means that the court is moving towards…
Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh moved to a new case to prevent his release
The Supreme State Security Prosecution has put Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, the prominent Egyptian dissident politician, on a new case, No. 1781 of 2019. Fotouh, founder of the Strong Egypt Party, has been in pre-trial detention since mid-February 2018 on…
Parliament committee approves bill to list media outlets as ‘terror entities’
The Parliament’s Legislative and Constitutional Affairs Committee has approved a bill that aims to expand the list of terrorist entities to include satellite TV channels, radio stations, social media outlets and websites. When it was proposed Reporters without Borders condemned…
4 years since his death Egypt has failed to close the Regeni murder file
Despite the strong presence of the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni during discussions at each Egyptian-Italian diplomatic and political meeting, the perpetrators are still at large for the fourth year running. His family refuses to let his death remain…
Why does al-Sisi support the deal of the century? $9 billion is the answer
The approval of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime of the deal of the century has raised many questions, especially given the speed at which the approval was released – on the same day. The Egyptian approval came in contradiction to…
Egypt government fails to end female genital mutilation in Egypt
Fourteen-year-old Nada did not know that she was taking her last steps when her parents took her to a clinic to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) in a village in the governorate of Assiut in southern Egypt. Nada is not…
Iran hackers attack Egypt’s Ministry of Health website
The official website of Egypt’s Ministry of Health has been attacked by Iranian hackers. The hackers were able to control the home page of the site, and published a picture of the Iranian flag, accompanied by another of a man…
Government halts land sales amid real estate recession
The government has announced that the sale of land in the first stage of the new administrative capital project will be halted, due to the real estate market recession. They have only marketed 44 per cent of the land from…
Egypt court mulls removing Abdel Fotouh from terror list
The Court of Cassation is reconsidering a ruling which added head of the Strong Egypt Party Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, his son, and six others, to the terror list after the opposition politician filed an appeal. A criminal court in…
German opera house apologises for awarding peace medal to al-Sisi
Hans-Joachim Frey, artistic director of the Semperopernball Opera House in Dresden, has apologised for awarding Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi the Order of St. George Medal, admitting that it was a big mistake. “We would like to apologise for the…
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