Masr Al-Arabia website closes after years of blocking and restrictions
Masr Al-Arabia published a statement informing readers and followers it is closing after it was launched seven years ago. The site has had many restrictions placed on it by the Egyptian authorities during these years. The statement, signed by the…
Turkish delegation to visit Cairo
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his country would send a delegation led by the Deputy Foreign Minister to Egypt in early May. This delegation is part of efforts to repair strained relations with Cairo. Cavusoglu said in a…
New testimonies: Egypt’s security services planned to blame Regeni’s murder on armed robbery gang just after his death
Italy’s attorney general intends to add three new testimonies over the murder of the Italian PhD student, Guilio Regeni, who was killed in Cairo five years ago, to existing evidence. The testimonies will be disclosed in the court hearing on…
Italian senate approves giving Italian nationality to Egyptian political detainee
The Italian senate voted to approve a proposal submitted by two of its members regarding the exceptional granting of Italian citizenship to Egyptian activist Patrick George Zaki. Patrick is working as a researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights…
Journalists Solafa Magdy and Hossam Al-Sayyad released after over a year of detention
Egyptian authorities have released the journalist Solafa Magdy and her husband, photographer Hossam Al-Sayyad. They have been detained since November 2019. Solafa’s mother, Taghreed Zahran, published a picture of her daughter and husband after their release, commenting, “My children are…
20 killed in road traffic accident due to absent safety standards in road construction
At least 20 people were killed and others were injured in a bus collision with a vehicle carrying petroleum products on the eastern desert road in Assiut Governorate, southern Egypt. According to local media, the accident led to the burn…
Gas pipeline explodes in a residential neighbourhood in 6th of October City
A huge fire broke out in the 6th of October city (Giza governorate) following an explosion in the natural gas pipeline feeding the densely populated sixth district of the city. After the explosion, fire engines came to try to extinguish…
Libya accuses Egypt of smuggling weapons hidden in medical shipment to Haftar
A Libyan military official accused the Egyptian army of supplying a shipment of weapons and ammunition to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s forces under cover of providing medical aid to Libya. The spokesman for the Sirte Liberation Operations Room Al-Jufra, Al-Hadi…
Ahmed Tantawi: Towards an alternative elite
The Egyptian Revolution has completed its first decade, while it remains in a liquid status. At the same time, the counter-revolution hasn’t consolidated a sustainable regime, as the existing regime still lacks the basic components it needs to reproduce itself….
Social media campaign demands release of young political detainee Ayman Moussa
Activists and human rights defenders launched a campaign on social media to demand the release of the young Egyptian Ayman Moussa, a student in the Faculty of Engineering at the British University in Cairo. A hashtag demanding a presidential pardon…
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