Month: October 2021

IFJ demands Egyptian authorities release jailed journalist Abdel Nasser Salama

The International Federation of Journalists issued a statement demanding the Egyptian authorities immediately release the Egyptian journalist and ex-editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram newspaper, Abdel Nasser Salama, who is on hunger strike. The statement urged the Egyptian authorities to drop the charges…

Amnesty International demands Egyptian authorities release researcher Patrick George Zaki

Amnesty International announced solidarity with the Egyptian researcher, Patrick George Zaki, who was tried by the State Security Court for Emergency in Egypt on charges related to his work on human rights research. The international human rights organisation demanded the…

Italian Parliamentary Committee demands British government end friendly relations with Sisi

The Italian Parliamentary Committee for investigating the murder of the Italian researcher Giulio Regeni in Egypt, announced that it will head to Cambridge to meet with representatives from Cambridge University, where Regeni was studying for his PhD.  “We are not…

Safwan Thabet: The story of a businessman who refused to submit to Sisi’s regime

At dawn on 2 December 2020, about 50 heavily armed policemen, led by officers from the National Security, raided the home of the famous businessman Safwan Thabet, 75, in Cairo and arrested him. Thabet was referred to the Supreme State…