A rare official confession to torture in Egypt
The annual report of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) in Egypt (governmental) recognized the existence of torture by the Egyptian authorities. The NCHR called for amending the criminalization of torture and ill- treatment in the Penal Code to…
Egypt challenges Coronavirus by selling 30% of Banque du Caire shares
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, Gamal Negm, announced that the shares of Banque du Caire (government) will be offered for sale on the Egyptian Stock Exchange next April. This news comes amid increasing expectations that the IPO…
In Egypt, only Asian tourists get tested for coronavirus
Osama Gaweesh and Amelia Smith When Bill Jones[i] and his partner arrived at Luxor Airport to prepare to fly back to Cairo at the end of February, it was the end of a two-week tour around the main sites of…
Has the Egyptian economy been infected by the Coronavirus?
The Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly asked the Economic Ministerial Committee for a comprehensive vision on the scenarios of the impact of Coronavirus on the global economy, what observers confirmed was an attempt to counter the negative repercussions of the…
Mass suicide of three girls: New rare and terrifying accident in Egypt
Three girls, aged 14, died after they committed suicide by consuming tablets containing aluminum phosphide, which are used to kill small animals including rats in Sharkia Governorate, north of Cairo. This is a rare case of mass suicide in the…
9 senators call on Egypt to respect human rights
Nine members of Congress, including Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Alexandra Suarez sent a letter to Egypt’s Ambassador to Washington Yasser Reda, expressing concern for them about human rights violations in Egypt, calling for an end to violations such as…
Security forces arrested 84 Eritrean refugees
Ali Abdel Rahman, head of the Eritrean Refugee Committee in Egypt, said that security forces arrested 84 Eritrean refugees last Sunday, most of the young men, including about four women. Abdel Rahman noted that the majority of those arrested were…
Harmful gas emission suffocated 27 students in Aswan
27 students at Hussein Mirsal Industrial Secondary School in Aswan were subject to suffocation due to the leakage of ammonia gas from the Kima Aswan Fertilizer Factory, which is near the school The students were transferred to Aswan University Hospital…
The former Minister of Justice put under house arrest
The Cairo Criminal Court decided to release the former Minister of Justice, Counselor Ahmed Suleiman, pending the investigations of the accusations against him of joining a banned group established in violation of the law, and publishing false news. The court…
Egypt is the world`s fastest-growing country for the number of wealthy people
Knight Frank, a real estate consultancy, issued a report in which it expected Egypt to be among the countries with the highest growth in the number of the wealthy by 2024, to come in second place after India. According to…
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