Egyptian political prisoner Oxygen suffers from life-threatening depression, says lawyer
Despite the intense pressure exerted by activists, which culminated in the security authorities’ approval to allow him to attend his mother’s funeral, the detained Egyptian blogger Mohamed Ibrahim, known as Oxygen, refused to attend. Nabih Al-Janadi, a member of Ibrahim’s…
Egypt abandons 10 political detainees in Saudi Arabia
After the Egyptian government’s failure for a year and a half to act on the 10 detained Egyptians in Saudi Arabia, a human rights lawyer filed a lawsuit before the Administrative Court to demand that the Ministry of Immigration and…
3 Egyptian detainees go on hunger strike
Three Egyptian detainees have started a hunger strike to protest their arbitrary detention. It indicates their despair at securing justice through legal means, so they resort to the only weapon they have, namely hunger, to pressure the regime to release…
Egyptian president celebrates an Israeli minister at an international energy conference
The special greeting given by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to Israel’s Minister of Energy, Karine Elharrar, at an international energy conference, was highly praised at the official level in Israel. While opening the Egypt Petroleum Show, EGYPS 2022, in…
Egyptian Senate refuses amendments to improve work environment for women
The Egyptian Senate rejected all proposed amendments to the draft labour law submitted by the government to ensure the improvement of the work environment for women and the prohibition of violence, harassment, and discrimination. Among the articles that the Senate…
Who Paul Fahmy, the new Egyptian Constitutional Court patron?
Last Wednesday, Counselor Paul Fahmy Iskandar was sworn in before Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi as head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, the country’s highest judicial body. Some media outlets described Fahmy’s appointment as “historic” as he was the first…
Germany underway to establish a restrictive policy on arms exports
During a joint press conference in Cairo with her Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that she was keen to address the human rights situation in Egypt during a session of talks with Shoukry. She explained…
Egypt: 1% increase in the average consumer price index
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) in Egypt announced that the average consumer price index rose in January by one per cent, recording 119.1 points. CAPMAS attributed this to a rise in the prices of sugar and…
18 rights organisations criticise Egypt’s candidacy for the Global Counterterrorism Forum
Eighteen human rights organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have expressed deep concern about the European Union’s intention to run for the presidency of the Global Counterterrorism Forum in partnership with Egypt, in light of the latter’s appalling…
Egyptian citizen arrested for complaining about poverty
The Egyptian Public Prosecution issued a decision to release a political prisoner on a bail of EGP 50,000 after he wrote a post on Facebook complaining about his inability to provide food for his children. Egyptian human rights lawyer Khaled…
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