Year: 2020

Is Turkey seeking war with Egypt?

Amidst the media build up and the escalation in official statements, observers say the truth is contrary to what is being promoted by the media, and a war will not take place between Turkey and Egypt in Libya. Journalists loyal…

Al-Sisi uses Libya to escape from internal crises

The Egyptian regime has launched a major media campaign to reject Turkish interference in Libya and to mobilise actors, journalists, electronic committees and various media outlets, in support of an expected decision in favour of Egyptian military intervention in Libya….

Qassem Soleimani`s death shakes Egypt tourism again

Although the American air strike at Baghdad airport is thousands of kilometres from Cairo, its echoes seem to have shaken the hopes that Egyptian tourism will recover from its long setback. After the killing of Qasem Soleimani, the Middle East…

Al-Sisi assigns Osama Heikal to reshape the regime`s media policies

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met on Sunday with Minister of State for Information Osama Heikal in the presence of Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly for the first time since Heikal’s appointment on December 22 as the first state minister for information affairs…

The cold pinches the Scorpion: a campaign of solidarity with detainees

On Sunday the Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the imprisonment of political activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah and human rights lawyer Mohamed al-Baqir for 15 days pending case no. 1356 of 2019, in which they face charges of “spreading…

Continuous losses for Egypt’s construction sector

The monthly report issued by the Ministry of Housing and Utilities for the month of December 2019 has revealed that revenues in the construction sector in Egypt have continued to decline. The report confirmed the decline in the price of…

UNESCO warns against transferring Luxor sphinxes to Tahrir

Sheikha Mai Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage of UNESCO, has sent a letter to Dr. Khaled al-Anani, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, expressing her objection to the transfer of…

New case for Ola al-Qaradawi's husband after his release

Engineer Hosam Khalaf, husband of Ola al-Qaradawi, appeared on Sunday at the Supreme State Security Prosecution on a new case charged with joining a terrorist group and financing terrorism. Hosam was released more than five months ago after being held…

Human rights report: Justice in Egypt declined in 2019

A report by the Arab Information Network in Egypt stated that the nature and numbers of judicial decisions issued in 2019 reveal a decline in justice in the country. The “2019 Harvest in the Judiciary” report monitored the numbers of…

A new victim in Egypt's prisons: They left him to die in the freezing cold

Human rights activists in Egypt have said that the Egyptian detainee, Mahmoud Abdel Majeed Mahmoud Saleh, died in his cell in the notorious Scorpion wing of Tora Prison, south of Cairo, as a result of medical negligence and severe cold….