CTUWS: New labour legislation eliminates job security and right to strike
The Centre for Trade Unions and Workers Services said that the bill of the new labour legislation, which was prepared by the Senate to be referred to the House of Representatives within days, eliminates job security and bans the right…
Khaled Al-Adawy: Egyptian political detainee tortured to death by National Security
The Egyptian Network for Human Rights said that the Egyptian businessman Khaled Al-Adawy, who died in Omrania Police Station, was tortured to death. The network said in a statement that it worked over a couple of months on gathering information…
Ibrahim Metwally: Life of detained human rights defender in danger
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and the Egyptian Network for Human Rights warned of the deterioration of the health of the detained lawyer Ibrahim Metwally. Metwally’s family announced that he is in bad need of treatment because he has…
Egypt asks Ahmed Douma’s family for EGP 6 million in exchange for release
The Facebook page of the detained activist Ahmed Douma said that the Egyptian Prisons Authority demanded his family pay off an EGP 6 million fine in the case of the Cabinet’s Incidents. The demand came in response to the measures…
Five prisoners in Zagazig report torture and maltreatment to the attorney general
Human rights lawyer Khaled Ali announced that he filed a report to the attorney general demanding he investigate the torture and maltreatment of five prisoners by several officers in Zagazig Public Prison. The prisoners are Khalil Abdel Hamid Khalil, Mohamed…
CFJ: Egyptian authorities killed hundreds of Giulio Regenis
The Committee for Justice has said that although Regeni’s murder is still talked about, the Egyptian authorities continue wasting the lives of numerous victims who died from systemic torture and other violations in prisons and detention centres. The organisation pointed…
Sisi barters with Europe: Human rights violations in exchange for preventing irregular migration
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi found his way to the summit of Egypt and the member states of Visegrad (Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia), which was held during the past two days in the Hungarian capital Budapest, where he took…
British court fines news outlet for pro-Egypt and UAE propaganda
A British court has decided to compensate English journalist Jane Cahane with £81,000 for the damages she suffered as a result of being deceived by the chairman of the board of directors of TIJ, which she served as editor-in-chief of…
Egyptian campaign against death penalty says Egypt executed 176 over past year
The advocacy campaign, Stop the Death Penalty in Egypt, recorded 534 death sentences issued by Egypt’s courts in the period between August 2020 and August 2021. The campaign’s first annual report, “The Irreversible: The death penalty crisis in Egypt,” showed…
EIPR: Egyptians lacked social protection against COVID-19 crisis
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights issued a report over the Egyptian social protection policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report tracked the social protection policies in Egypt regarding wages, pensions, insurance, and health care as well as the financial…
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