An expected increase in gasoline prices in Egypt
A source in the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources revealed that the Automatic Pricing Committee for Petroleum Products, which is concerned with reviewing and setting the selling prices of some types of fuel in Egypt on a quarterly basis,…
Egypt offers to return to the Renaissance Dam negotiations
The Egyptian government presented an offer to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, between Egypt and Sudan on the one hand, and Ethiopia on the other, expressing its hope that an agreement could be reached. Negotiations were suspended…
Committee for Justice: ‘The Egyptian authorities’ statements about prison conditions are so far from the truth’
The Committee for Justice said that the Human Rights Strategy announced by the Egyptian authorities recently is not the reality that the organisation has monitored and documented, especially in prisons and official and unofficial places of detention. The organisation added…
Egypt increases the price of medicine used for treating coronavirus
The Egyptian Drug Authority has agreed to raise the price of certain medication, some of which is used to treat coronavirus, colds, and liver diseases. Among the items included in the decision is the antihistamine Telfast, which increased from EGP…
Two Eritrean refugees resettle in Canada after 10 years in prison in Egypt
Eritrean refugees Alm Tesfaye Abraham and Kiprom Adhanom have arrived at Toronto airport for resettlement in Canada after being detained in Egypt for nearly 10 years inside the foreigners’ ward of Al-Qanater Prison for men. A legal source familiar with…
Strict measures in place on January 25 Revolution anniversary
The streets in the centre of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, witnessed extensive security measures, especially the streets leading to Tahrir Square, coinciding with the eleventh anniversary of the 25 January Revolution. The Ministry of Interior deployed several fixed and mobile…
The 25 January revolution is ongoing
On January 25, 2011, coinciding with the Egyptian Police Day, tens of thousands of Egyptians demonstrated, calling for the dismissal of the Minister of Interior, Major General Habib Al-Adly, an end to the violations of the supposed “security men,” and…
The Guardian publishes two videos documenting torture in Egyptian police station
The Guardian has published two videos showing the torture of Egyptian detainees last November inside a police station located in el-Salam neighbourhood, north of Cairo. “The video, covertly recorded by a detainee through a cell door, appears to show two…
Committee for Justice: State Security Courts in Egypt are an obstacle to justice
The Committee for Justice human rights platform issued a report in which it said that the modern Egyptian judicial system has used exceptional courts since 1952 and that they have been used to tighten the security grip on opponents. The…
Workers of Egyptian General Warehouse Company protest reduction in workers’ profit share
Hundreds of workers in the Egyptian General Warehouse Company continue their demonstrations against the conclusion of the company’s general assembly meeting on 13 January, reducing the workers’ share of the company’s profits. One of the workers explained that the demonstrations…
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