Why have many Egyptians refused the coronavirus vaccination?
Mervat Mahrous took a calm step towards the doctor who would give her the injection she had been waiting for. Inside the medical hall were others who were over the age of 65 or who had chronic diseases. These are…
A day after getting parole, new charges brought against Haitham Mohammadin
The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered, on Wednesday, that labour rights defender Haitham Mohammadin remain in custody for 15 days to be renewed pending investigations in case 1956 of year 2019, accusing him of joining a terrorist group, which the…
Pregnant women suffer in Egypt’s prisons
In January 2021, Amnesty International issued a report about overcrowding in Egypt’s prisons with detainees who have to stay in cells with a relative area for each detainee of 1.1 metre, which is much lower than the international recommendations of…
Online renewal of remand: A new flaw in Egyptian trials
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has directed that online renewal of remand be used more regularly, a mechanism that adds a flaw to the politically-directed trials of detainees in Egypt. On 18 October 2020, the Ministry of Justice inaugurated a project for…
285 Egyptian women and girls detained in Egypt for political reasons
“The number of women in detention currently in Egypt has reached 285 women and girls.” This is what Egyptian human rights reports revealed on International Women’s Day. Reports revealed that 48 women and girls are serving their sentences in Egyptian…
Family of political detainee Alaa Abdel Fattah demands investigation into ‘torture in Tora Prison’
Mona Seif, sister of the political activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, revealed, in a Facebook video post, that his brother had reported to the judge in Cairo Criminal Court during his trial that he heard screams of other detainees…
Turkey can play a mediator role in the Renaissance Dam negotiations
The Turkish president’s special envoy to Iraq, Veysel Eroglu, said that Turkey is ready to cooperate with Egypt in all fields, pointing out that the Turkish people love the Egyptian people and vice versa. “If Egypt headed towards us a…
Aboul Gheit becomes Arab League secretary-general for second round
Reluctantly, and amid muted disagreement the signals of which have emerged in public, Arab foreign ministers have reselected the Egyptian diplomat Ahmed Aboul Gheit as secretary-general of the Arab League, which is based in Cairo, for a second five-year term beginning…
Egyptian Professor Hassan Nafaa rules out imminent political breakthrough in Egypt
Hassan Nafaa, professor of politics in Cairo University, ruled out, in an interview with Al Jazeera Mubasher TV, a political breakthrough in Egypt soon. Nafaa pointed out that this does not mean that change is impossible. “I believe that change…
Difficult years to come: Debt exacerbates Egypt’s crises
The heavy debt bill predicts a difficult fiscal year for Egypt during 2021 to meet foreign obligations and pay off outstanding debts with a total value of $21.4 billion. Since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power in mid-2014 (the size…
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