Human rights organisations: Egyptian courts use indefinite laws to accuse political activists of terrorism
Eight human rights organisations condemned the decision of Egypt’s Court of Cassation to refuse appeals against the insertion of ex-parliamentarian Ziad El-Elaimy and BDS activist Rami Shaath along with 11 others on terrorism lists. The joint statement was signed by…
Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant: Questions about feasibility
High-profile officials in Egypt’s ministry of electricity unveiled that the construction of Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant has been delayed by two years due to the COVID-19 crisis. Al-Mal News, an Egyptian newspaper, explained that, according to the schedule, the nuclear…
Egypt: Eminent journalist arrested after demanding Sisi step down
Egyptian security arrested, on Sunday, the well-known journalist Abel Nasser Salama from his house in Alexandria. Salama worked as the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram, the most prominent state-owned daily in Egypt, from 2012 to 2014. Salama’s detention came after a campaign…
Ethiopia: The second filling cannot be stopped and we do not recognize historical rights of Egypt and Sudan
Ethiopia declared that the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam can not be stopped and that internationalizing the dispute will not be useful for the negotiations between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, especially with the Egyptian-Sudanese signature on the…
The authorities kill them slowly: Political detainee pass away in Egypt’s prisons from medical negligence
Human rights organizations revealed that an Egyptian citizen died in Scorpion Highly-guarded Prison 2 due to health deterioration. The Egyptian Network for Human Rights and Shehab Center said, on Wednesday, that Ahmed Saber Mahmoud Mohamed, 44 years, died, on Sunday,…
Death sentences continue: Six persons sentenced to death in Minya riots
Minya Criminal Court referred, on Tuesday, six defendants to Mufti al-Gomhouria (the official religious judge) in a formal consulting step that precedes death sentence. The court defined the 3 September session for sentencing on charges of committing riots and violence…
USA expresses concern over the continued detentions in Egypt
US Department of state expressed, on Tuesday, concern over the continued detention of activists and journalists in Egypt. “The United States is concerned by continued detentions, indictments, and harassment of Egyptian civil society leaders, academics, and journalists, including the indictment…
What is beyond the sharp rise of deaths in Egypt?
Egypt recorded the first death of Covid 19 infection in March 2020. Later on, the deaths continue reaching over 16 thousand deaths in July 2021, what is considered by the Egyptian ministry of health as a success in combating the…
Cement sector in Egypt: A new economic crisis created by the military’s business
The Egyptian Competition Authority approved, one week ago, a demand applied by 23 cement companies to reduce the production of Portland cement, with all its types, for the domestic market. The reduction amounted to 10.69% of the current production, added…
Egypt’s parliament approves the state of emergency and passes a law to purge political opponents
Egypt’s house of representatives approved, on Monday, the presidential decision to extend the state of emergency declared by the presidential decision no. 174 of 2021. “The state of emergency is to extend for 3 months starting from the Saturday of…
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