Egypt’s parliament passes new legislation legalising the intelligence business
In no time, and secretly, the Egyptian parliament, two days ago, with a two-thirds majority of its members, passed amendments to the General Intelligence Law, granting the agency the right to establish commercial companies of all kinds, in addition to…
Families are not informed when political detainees pass away in prison
The family members of detainee Tamer Fikri Gamal El-Din were at the gates of Minya Prison in preparation to visit him, when prison authorities informed the family that he had died a week ago and that his body had been…
Universal Appliances workers strike despite security pressure
Workers of Universal Appliances resumed their strike on Sunday protesting the deterioration of their living conditions after one of their colleagues, Assem Afifi, committed suicide due to the accumulation of debts. The workers started their strike last Tuesday, but their…
The Egyptian army’s economy: dominance, corruption, and huge gains
The Egyptian military has been involved in the economy over the past 70 years, since Abdel Nasser to be precise, yet its role has expanded significantly since Sisi seized power in 2013. Sisi chose an economic model based on mega…
Corruption in the Egyptian health sector has no end
Without warning, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Acting Minister of Health, dismissed Dr. Karim Salam from his position as Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Cairo, ending his assignment as Director of the Central Chamber…
Mubarak’s men had nearly $500 million in Credit Suisse account, according to leaks
An international investigation by over 40 media institutions, led by Süddeutsche Zeitung and the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), following massive leaks of data from the world’s biggest private bank, Credit Suisse, revealed that senior political leaders and officials…
After the suicide of a worker police attack Universal Appliances labour protest and arrest 4
On Wednesday, two employees working for Universal Appliances told Egypt Watch that they were forced to end their strike after the administration passed on direct threats from the authorities. Although the workers stopped after receiving the threats, four were arrested…
Why did Egypt send a military team to Yemen?
Intelligence Online has reported that Egypt has sent a team of military experts to the Yemeni governorate of Shabwah, to work alongside Alweyet Al-Amaleka (The Giants Brigades), the Emirati-sponsored dominant militia in Yemen. This coincided with the visit of Abdel…
Egypt’s Tarek Marzouk is the mastermind behind the brutal treatment of prisoners
Though little is known about him, Major General Tarek Marzouk, the Assistant Minister of Interior for Prisons, is the man responsible for the worst human rights crisis in decades under the government of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Under the directives of…
Amnesty International organises demonstration against Sisi in Brussels
Over the weekend Amnesty International organised a demonstration in Brussels where Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi recently met with King Philippe of Belgium and the country’s Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo. Activists from Amnesty International, the Institute for Human Rights…
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