Monopolising information is how Sisi’s regime deprives the people of the truth
In early September, the Egyptian Cabinet issued a decision obligating all ministries not to disclose any data about the numbers of tourists coming to Egypt or the occupancy rate in hotels and tourist facilities. The government did not explain the…
10 human rights organisations demand immediate release of political activist Abdel Rahman Tarek
Ten human rights organisations have called on the Egyptian authorities, in a joint statement, to immediately release the detained political activist, Abdel Rahman Tarek, known as Mocha, and to end all violations against him. The demands come weeks after Mocha…
‘Inside prison out of law’: ANHRI’s campaign to release political prisoners
The Arab Network for Human Rights Information announced that it launched a campaign, ‘Inside prisons out of law,” to release political prisoners who have finished the maximum pretrial detention period according to the law and the constitution. The campaign highlighted…
ANHRI: Lawyers and human rights defenders intimidated in Egypt
The Arab Network for Human Rights Information said that although lawful texts that protect lawyers, and human rights defenders in particular, are abundant in the Egyptian constitution, Egyptian law, and the international treaties, lawyers and human rights defenders in Egypt…
Ahmed Nahhas: The 38th Egypt political detainee to die in 2021
We Record, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights, and the Shehab Centre unveiled that the political detainee, Ahmed Nahhas, 63, died, on Thursday, in Tora Prison after catching coronavirus. ENHR added that Nahhas’ family found out about his death on…
Egypt sells $3 billion bills amid lower investor turnout
Egypt’s ministry of finance said that it sold USD bills of three categories at $3 billion, and reduced the interest on all categories, in its first bill rollout of the new fiscal year and the second in 2021. The ministry…
Under Sisi Egypt has no internet freedom
Freedom House, in its annual report on internet freedom for 2021, revealed the deterioration of freedom of expression around the world, including Egypt, which ranks the eighth worst country in the world included in the report. Freedom House is a…
False promise: Human rights strategy turns ink on paper
The microphones fell silent and the Egyptian newspapers dried up, after the US administration decided its position on the human rights issue and decided to deprive the Egyptian government of financial aid amounting to $130 million. The was despite the…
DAWN: Egyptian ex-attorney general participated in repressing peaceful activism
On Sunday, Democracy for the Arab World Now said that the Egyptian ex-attorney general, Nabil Ahmed Tawfik Sadek, is responsible for the illegal pursuit of thousands of Egyptians for peaceful activities protected by international law. DAWN added, in a report,…
Despite promises of improving detention conditions political detainee dies in Wadi Al-Natron
On Thursday, We Record, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights, and Shehab Centre revealed the death of political detainee Mahmoud Abdel Latif in Wadi Al-Natron 440 Prison after four years in detention. Abdel Latif, 47, who is married and has…
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