CBE: Inflation in Egypt hits 5.9%
Data from the Central Bank of Egypt showed a rise in core inflation by 0.2 per cent during December 2021, compared to a monthly rate of 0.5 per cent in November of the same year. Inflation is the general increase…
Protests in Nasr City against the presidential development plan
A number of residents of the Sixth and Seventh neighbourhoods of Nasr City filed a lawsuit to the Administrative Court of the State Council, challenging the Prime Minister’s decision to expropriate their homes. In their lawsuit, the people disputed the…
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information suspends its activities
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) announced that “given the increasing disregard for the rule of law in Egypt, growing violations against human rights which do not spare independent human rights organisations and defenders, and an increase in…
Businessmen reveal senior officials involved in antiquities trafficking
The Cairo Criminal Court has postponed the trial session in the case known in the media as the Antiquities Trafficking Case, in which businessman Hassan Rateb, former parliament member Alaa Hassanein, and 21 others are accused, until February 12, to…
CPJ: Egypt failed to contain coronavirus in prisons
The Committee for Justice has issued a report in which it said that despite the strict measures taken by the Egyptian authorities in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic inside its prisons and detention centres, the numbers confirm the presence of…
EFHR: Medical negligence is a widespread phenomenon in Egyptian prisons
A report by the Egyptian Front for Human Rights said that the Egyptian prison system showed its complete inability to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, and its indifference to protecting the lives of detainees. The report dealt with the conditions…
Egypt sees an increase in road accidents
On Saturday morning, a microbus and a public transport bus collided on the international road in the city of El-Tor, south of Sinai, killing 16 people and injuring 18 others. This comes two days after two people died and 45…
Maspero worker protests highlight corruption eroding Egypt’s state-run media
Hundreds of employees belonging to the Egyptian Radio and Television Union Maspero demonstrated for three days protesting their working conditions, the delay in the payment of their financial dues and the corruption that exists within the union. Several officials, and…
Egypt forces Ramy Shaath to renounce nationality in exchange for release
The family of the Egyptian-Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath, son of the notable Palestinian diplomat Nabil Shaath, expressed disappointment that Egyptian authorities forced Ramy to give up his Egyptian nationality as a condition for his release from prison. “We regret that…
An eminent Egyptian scholar persecuted in Egypt but honoured abroad
King Faisal International Prize for services to Islam was awarded this year to the Egyptian Professor of Theology, Hassan Al-Shafi’i, jointly with the former President of Tanzania, Ali Hassan Mwinyi. Al-Shafi’i’s name has repeatedly circulated Egypt’s media over the past…
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