Journalist Hisham Abdel Aziz in danger of losing eyesight in prison due to medical neglect
Samira al-Taher, wife of the detained Egyptian journalist Hisham Abdel Aziz, spares no effort to confirm the deterioration of her husband’s health condition inside his prison cell in Tora Prison (south of Cairo) and that he is actually in danger…
Amending the school curricula: Al-Sisi’s religious revolution raises controversy
The controversial issue of renewing religious discourse in Egypt, which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took upon himself years ago, took a new turn that reached the school curricula, which sparked widespread controversy in Egypt. This step came on the grounds that…
Stockholm Institute: Egypt’s arms imports increased by 136 per cent over 5 years
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said that Egypt’s imports increased by 136 per cent between 2011 and 2015 and 2016-2020. “Egypt, which is involved in disputes with Turkey over hydrocarbon resources in the eastern Mediterranean, has invested heavily in its…
EIPR condemns the continuous renewal of the state of emergency in violation of the constitution
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights condemned, on Sunday, the continuous renewal of the state of emergency since April 2017 in violation of the constitution, which defines its maximum period at three months and limits it to only one renewal….
Due to economic conditions illegal excavations are doubling in Egypt
Despite the spread of coronavirus, excavations are continuing in Egypt through illegal means by people seeking to get rich quickly. Over the past months, the effects of the corona pandemic and its role in the decline in economic conditions and…
New bill imposing fees on irrigation provokes outrage among Egyptian farmers
After postponing the controversial land registry law, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime insists on provoking the anger of a different sector of Egyptians: the farmers. The government went to parliament with a new bill, which sparked much anger among farmers because…
Egypt’s FM affirms diplomatic communication with Turkey
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry affirmed, on Sunday, that there had been diplomatic communication with Turkey over the restoration of normal relations between the two countries. “If we found a real change in Turkish policies and targets to converge with…
Sudan: Ethiopia has bad intentions and undeclared targets in GERD crisis
The head of Sudanese negotiators regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Moustafa Hussein Zoubeir, charged Ethiopia with having bad intentions and undeclared targets in its conflict with Sudan and Egypt. Zoubeir added, in statements to a Sudanese radio station, that…
American-Egyptian detainees suffer in Egypt’s prisons without support
A list of 22 people who hold American citizenship, permanent residency in the USA, or journalists working for American agencies, are still in the Egyptian regime’s prisons. An American journalist revealed this number, during sharp criticism of the spokesperson for…
Ethiopia steps up its position rejecting quadripartite mediation of Renaissance Dam
Ethiopia announced its total rejection of the quadripartite mediation proposed by Egypt and Sudan and declared its commitment to African meditation. The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Dina Mufti stated that Addis Ababa will only adhere to the negotiations under the…
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