Amnesty International calls on Egypt to allow visits for all detainees
Amnesty International (Amnesty) has called on the authorities in Egypt to allow all detainees to receive family visits and enable them to communicate regularly with their families and their lawyers, including telephone calls. This call came in a statement by…
Cairo renewed its adherence to reaching a deal in the Renaissance Dam negotiations
Egypt declared its commitment to the long-term policy during the disputed Renaissance Dam negotiations with Ethiopia. A spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation, Mohamed El-Sebaei, said Tuesday, “We are committed to the long-term policy because we are talking about…
After raising its price: Test of COVID19 compulsory for those coming from abroad
Egypt announced that all those coming from abroad to the country are required to undergo a Coronavirus examination upon their arrival, starting next month, two days after the test’s price was raised. The Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said in…
Mahmoud Ezzat, the acting guide of MB, sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia
The Minya Criminal Court (in the center of the country) issued a verdict to punish the Brotherhood’s deputy guide (formerly and the current acting guide) Mahmoud Ezzat, whose whereabouts have not been known since the summer of 2013, with life…
With 14% voting: The government-sponsored bloc dominates the Senate
The head of the National Elections Authority in Egypt announced that an entire electoral list of 100 members who support General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi won a third of the seats in the new Senate. Counselor Lasheen Ibrahim added, in a…
The Rab’a sit-in slaughter: 7 years without investigation or trial
Seven years have passed since the biggest massacre Egyptians have witnessed in their modern and contemporary history, which began with a political dispute and a power struggle and ended with a coup and carnage in the fields of Rab’a and…
Unemployment rates rises in Egypt
The rate of unemployment in Egypt has made successive jumps since the beginning of this year, as official statistics announced a recent high unemployment rate due to the corona pandemic and the resulting loss of many jobs. According to the…
Egypt’s authorities are erasing the symbols of the revolution
The Egyptian government has covered the main squares in the country, which witnessed significant protests during the period between 2011-2013, with new features, apparently to tighten control over areas that have acquired significant symbolic connotations and to prevent future demonstrations….
A new law on violating public enterprises puts everyone under the authority’s thumb
The cabinet headed by Dr. Moustafa Madbouly has approved a draft for the amendment of some of the criminal code’s articles concerning violating public enterprises and employees including, first and foremost, police officers and judges with punishments up to imprisonment…
Coronavirus raises the unemployment rate in Egypt to 9.6%
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics in Egypt said that the unemployment rate increased to 9.6% in the second quarter of 2020, compared to 7.5% a year ago. He explained that the rise came due to the repercussions…
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