Egyptian authorities harass Safwan Thabet’s family to pressure the detained businessman
Last Sunday, The Egyptian Public Prosecution put Mrs. Bahira El-Shawy, the wife of the imprisoned businessman Safawa Thabet and mother of his imprisoned son Seif Eldin, onto a new case accusing her of spreading false news to disturb public opinion…
Inflation rate in Egypt jumps to 8%
The annual general inflation rate in Egypt continued its upward trajectory in September, recording its highest levels in at least a year, as it jumped to eight per cent compared to September 2020, while the inflation rate rose on a…
Egypt isolated from the world under the pretext of ‘security concerns’
Egyptian cultural and literary circles expressed their astonishment at the 73-year-old African writer Abdel Razzaq Garnah winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, as most of those belonging to these circles had not read Karnah before, and many of them had…
Record executions in Egypt after unfair trials
On the 19th anniversary of World Day against the Death Penalty, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights issued a statement to say that whilst most countries across the world have abolished or frozen the death penalty, Egypt has gone the…
Egypt government prepares to remove dozens of historical buildings
A governmental committee has marked tens of tombs, surrounding the mosques of Al-Sayyida Nafisa and Al-Imam Al-Sahfi’I, with red and black signs in preparation for demolition. The committee consists of representatives from the Armed Forces, the Egyptian Survey Authority, and…
Hamas leaders in Cairo: Sisi sought regional power through Palestine
The Hamas leadership at home and abroad met in Cairo after an official invitation from Egypt, at the first meeting of its political office after the completion of the movement’s internal elections in early August, at a time when Egypt…
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…
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