Egyptian law to dismiss drug abusers from public services raises concerns over corrupt implementation
A few days ago, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ratified Law No. 73 of 2021, regarding some conditions for holding or continuing jobs, which determines the penalty for dismissal from employment for employees who are proven to have used drugs. The government…
Paris public prosecution indicts executives of French companies for providing spyware to Sisi’s Egypt
After a complaint by the International Federalism for Human Rights and Lawyers and Doctors for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Paris public prosecution indicted, on Tuesday, four executives of Amesys and Nexa…
The second within 24 hours: Train collisions continue to take Egyptian lives
Egypt’s ministry of health announced, on Tuesday, that 40 citizens were injured after a train collided with a passenger carriage in North Alexandria’s railway station. “Twenty-seven ambulances were provided to transport the injured to three public hospitals,” said Khaled Mujahed,…
ISIS explosive device kills Egyptian Intelligence officer in Sinai
Military sources revealed that Major Ahmed Ashraf, a Military Intelligence officer, was killed and other soldiers were injured when an explosive device blew up his military vehicle. Ashraf was the operational leader of Reconnaissance Battalion 26. Another explosive device hit…
Yahoo News reveals Egypt was involved in the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
Democracy for the Arab World Now called on the US Congress on Tuesday to interrogate Abbas Kamel, Egypt’s General Intelligence Directorate, who is to visit the USA this week, over claims about Cairo’s engagement in the assassination of Saudi journalist…
Abbas Kamel: Sisi’s trusted man has limited efficiency
From Khartoum to Juba and from Tel Aviv to Gaza, General Abbas Kamel, Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate GID, moves tirelessly holding Egypt’s foreign policy in his tight grip. But, remembering prominent Egyptian Intelligence heads from Salah Nasr to Omar Suleiman,…
Crack between Egypt and Emirates deepens over time
The widening gap between Egypt and the Emirates is no longer concealable. Day after day, conflict turns out to be about principles and not about perspectives. Cairo is rebuffing Abu Dhabi’s attempts to marginalise Egypt and tame its influence. On…
Inquisition not legal trials: Egypt’s judiciary continues to deteriorate
Last Tuesday, the notable Salafi preacher, Mohamed Hussein Ya’koub, gave his testimony in a case known in the media as the ISIS cell of Imbaba(a town in Cairo). Recalling Ya’koub for testimony was demanded by the lawyer of two of…
GERD crisis: Arabs own cards on Ethiopia, but not for use
Arab League foreign ministers met, on Tuesday, in Doha in response to a joint Egyptian Sudanese call for discussing the conflict over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and its effect on the Nile’s water flow to Sudan and Egypt. A…
Unprecedent final death sentences issued for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members in Egypt
Egypt’s Court of Cassation handed down, on Tuesday, the death sentence for 12 defendants and members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the case known in media as the Rabaa sit-in dispersal. The court’s rule is the first final death sentence…
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