Sisi’s obsession with security stains all aspects of life in Egypt
A few days ago, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi issued a republican decision to form a committee affiliated with the prime minister to review ministers’ decisions regarding the dismissal of state employees without a disciplinary method, to start the practical application…
Preventing prisoners from receiving letters is a new way to punish detainees and their families
It is no secret that political detainees in Egyptian prisons suffer from various violations, including torture, ill-treatment, solitary confinement, and deprivation of the right to exercise, receive visitors and read books. The most recent of these means is the denial…
Trial of Ziad Elaimy and other journalists begins
The Egyptian State Security Court held the first session in a trial for the journalists Hesham Fouad and Hossam Mo’nis as well as the parliamentarian Ziad Elaimy in the case known in the media as “the case of suggestion,” as…
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi urges leaders on Arab-Israel normalisation
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi praised the decision of the late Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat to make peace with Israel in 1979 calling on the other Arab leaders to follow suit. Sisi’s statement was made at a symposium with the Egyptian…
Egypt’s government raises fuel prices for eighth time
The Egyptian ministry of petroleum and metal resources announced an increase in fuel prices starting from Friday for the third time in row in 2021. The governmental petroleum products auto-pricing committee, which is assigned to review fuel prices quarterly, decided…
Archaeological sites in the crosshairs of government bulldozers again
After days of conflicting statements, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced, officially, that a committee affiliated with it discussed removing part of the historic fish park from the census of antiquities, while ministry officials said that the goal…
Workers’ rights in Egypt: Lost under the auspices of the government
“The Egyptian factor is the nation’s true wealth, the engine of development, and the base for working towards a better reality and future, by strengthening the march of the national economy (…) Your country always takes into consideration and prides…
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi gives the signal for purging opponents from government
The Official Gazette has issued a decision by Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to form a committee under the Prime Minister to review the non-disciplinary dismissal decisions issued by the ministers. The decision says that the committee is to be headed by…
Human rights organisation reveals grave violations by parties to the conflict in Sinai
A human rights organisation has revealed the expansion of human rights violations in Sinai, and the bleak human rights reality that has spread in recent years, in which human rights organisations are not allowed to enter and the work of…
Egypt’s government prevents disclosure of tourist numbers and occupancy rates
Egypt’s prime minister has directed government ministers not to unveil any data regarding the number of tourists and occupancy rates in hotels and tourist resorts. The head of the tourist companies chamber in Luxor, Tharwat Al-Agamy, explained the direction with…
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