Ola Qaradawi on hunger strike after being detained because of her father
Ola Qaradawi, daughter of eminent Islamic scholar Yousuf Al-Qaradawi, has resumed a hunger strike protesting her pretrial detention for over four years. Ola, 60, who suffers health problems, hoped this could lead the Egyptian authorities to stop its crackdown on…
Egypt’s government raises fuel prices for second time in 2021
The automatic petroleum pricing committee, which is responsible of reviewing and re-estimating prices of fuel in Egypt every quarter, decided to raise the price of fuel, in all categories, for the second time in a row. All categories of fuel…
2,000 workers strike in Alexandria to raise wages
Two thousand workers for the LORD razor blade manufacturer, which is based in Alexandria, announced a full strike after the company’s administration ignored their demands. They demanded raising wages to at least EGP 2,400, which is the minimum wage defined…
Universities’ Supreme Council orders heads of universities to purge Muslim Brotherhood members
Egypt’s Universities’ Supreme Council ordered the heads of both governmental and private universities to prepare lists of employees who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood or other groups categorised as terrorist in Egypt so that the council can kick them out…
Rise of price of fertiliser in Egypt burdens farmers
Prices of agricultural fertilisers rose sharply with a tonne of urea hitting EGP 7,000 compared to EGP 3,290 according to the official prices, and a tonne of nitrates hitting EGP 6,500 compared to the official price of EGP 3,190 EGP….
Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh suffers heart attack in detention
Huzeifa Aboul Fotouh, son of Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, the well-known Egyptian politician detained in Tora Prison, said his father had a heart attack yesterday. Aboul Fotouh, who spent three years and five months in pretrial detention, called for help…
The endless state of emergency: Sisi’s tool to create a police state
On Saturday, the state of emergency was extended according to presidential decision no. 290 of 2021. This is the 18th time in a row it has been extended. The state of emergency was declared for the first time in April…
The human rights strategy: A new trick by Sisi to mitigate international criticism
The Egyptian regime is preparing to release “the national strategy for human rights” within days in a step, many Egyptians hope, will be a breakthrough in the freedoms and rights field, which suffers under the tight fist of Abdel Fattah…
Ethiopia: The second filling refuted Egyptian and Sudanese claims about the Renaissance Dam
The Ethiopian professor of hydrology, Yilma Sileshi, member of the Ethiopian negotiation team over the Renaissance Dam, said that the second filling of the Renaissance Dam refuted the Egyptian and Sudanese claims that Addis Ababa will fail in filling the…
4 political detainees die in Egypt in July
Human rights sources have unveiled the death of two political detainees, one in Wadi Al-Natron Prison, and the other in the high-security Minya Prison. According to the Egyptian Network for Human Rights and Shehab Centre, Abdel Aziz Mohamed died in…
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