In Egypt the suffering of political detainees does not stop after release
In the events of the Al-Fateh Mosque, which erupted in opposition to the Rabaa Al-Adawiya massacre in the summer of 2013, Ibrahim Abdullah participated in the demonstrations that began in Midan Ramses in the heart of Cairo, and was arrested…
Al-Sisi succeeds in receiving first phone call from Biden
The Egyptian president’s office said that General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi spoke with the US President Joe Biden by phone on Thursday to discuss stopping the escalation of violence in Palestine. This is the first talk Biden has had with Al-Sisi,…
Egyptian authorities threaten family of asylum seeker in Canada
The Egyptian asylum seeker Abdelrahman El-Mady revealed that his family in Egypt were threatened after a Canadian official contacted the authorities in Cairo. El-Mady blamed the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) for contacting the Egyptian authorities, which moved to silence…
Egypt’s courts extend detention of 2,500 political detainees in a single province
The Egyptian Network for Human Rights (ENHR) monitored the rotation (re-detention) of about 2,500 political detainees from the governorate pending new cases within only four months. ENHR said that the exception became a rule in the Sharkia Governorate. The re-detaining…
Several human rights organisations speak out against trial of Tik Tok girls in Egypt
Fourteen human rights organisations have condemned the Egyptian authorities’ continuing trial of what have become known as the Tik Tok girls. In a joint statement, they demanded that the trials be halted, the defendants released, and the cases closed. In…
Egyptians demonstrate for Palestine despite police ban
The ban imposed by Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on the demonstrations did not prevent Egyptians coming out in popular solidarity with the Israeli escalation in Jerusalem and Gaza. The announcement by many families and tribes in North Sinai of their full…
Egypt is not showing solidarity with Palestine: It is only media propaganda
In Egypt, a famous proverb goes: “When I hear your words, I believe you, but when I see your behaviour, I am surprised.” This is the current Egyptian position with the Israeli escalation against the Palestinians. Over the past few…
Egypt’s FM underestimates the risk of the second filling of the GERD
With the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam GERD’s crisis reaching the height of complexity between its three parties, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry made statements that seemed to retreat from the sharp tone of the last two months when officials warned…
CFJ: 1,962 violations in Egypt prisons in 3 months
Human rights organisations documented 1,962 violations during the first quarter of this year in prisons and official detention centres in Egypt. The organisations confirmed the increase in detainees who have been unjustly imprisoned for years due to their opposition to…
Egypt allocates half a billion dollars to Gaza reconstruction
The Egyptian authorities announced that it would provide $500 million as an Egyptian initiative to be allocated to benefit the reconstruction process in the Gaza Strip due to recent events. Egyptian presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said that this decision comes…
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