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…
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…
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