Egypt cartoonist arrested from home on anniversary of January Revolution
The Egyptian security forces arrested, early on Monday, the well-known cartoonist Ashraf Hamdy, the founder of Egyptoon YouTube channel. Ashraf wrote on his Facebook at the time of arrest, “I am being arrested.” Ashraf, who works as a dentist, is…
Al-Sisi: The man who does not tire of promises
General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi surprised the Egyptians by making a new promise of great achievements after three years, repeating promises that he had made repeatedly for varying periods of time. Continuing al-Sisi’s promises of prosperity to the Egyptians, he said…
Lawyer Islam Salama forcibly disappeared after getting parole for the third time
The family of lawyer and human rights defender Islam Salama issued an appeal due to his enforced disappearance from the police station he was detained in. On the 25May 2020, Salama was arrested after security forces from the National Security…
CPJ: Arab governments use new ways to censor independent press
On the tenth anniversary of the Arab Spring, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued a report about the freedom of press over the past 10 years. Titled, “10 years after the Arab Spring, Arab media confronts dangerous threats,” the report…
RSF: “more than 100 journalists since Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ousted Morsi in a coup in July 2013”
Reporters without Borders (RSF) said in a report that little remains of the Revolution with the state-sponsored media using the day now to celebrate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the police. The report addressed what it called “Sisification” of Egypt’s media,…
Al-Sisi in Jordan: Egypt attempts to find a role in the Palestinian cause
Last Monday, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visited Jordan for a meeting with Abdullah II of Jordan, just a day after the meeting that gathered Abbas Kamel, the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence, and his Jordanian counterpart Ahmed Hosni with the…
On the January uprising anniversary, where are the revolutionaries and where are the Mubarak loyalists?
Ten years after the Egyptian revolution, its icons live in exile and are in prison at a time when the pillars of the regime of the late President Hosni Mubarak have been released while some of them have returned to…
Egypt’s parliament inaugurates by violating the constitution
Hanafy Gebaly, the speaker of the parliament, decided on Wednesday to end the parliamentary discussion of the minister of education Tarek Shawki despite the members’ objections. The day before had witnessed a violent attack on the Media Minister Osama Heikal…
Endless, escalating repression: Human rights in Egypt in 2020
“There is no end to the escalating repression.” This is how Human Rights Watch (HRW) described the human rights situation in Egypt during 2020, as Egyptian authorities intensified their repression of peaceful critics of the government, effectively eliminating any space…
Mohamed Beltagy: One of the January Revolution’s forgotten heroes
On the tenth anniversary of the 25January Revolution, we remember Professor Mohamed Beltagy, one of its icons, who is paying the price of his principles and attitudes, as he concludes his seventh year in the high security Scorpion Prison where…
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