Month: February 2022

Egypt imposes crippling fees on the solar energy sector

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has announced the imposition of fees on solar power plants that produce more than 500 kilowatts of energy, from EGP 0.257 to EGP 0.329 per kilowatt-hour. The new fees come at a time when profit…

The 25 January Revolution in the eyes of the Egyptian state

On 28 January 2011, the rapid collapse of Habib Al-Adly’s troops in front of the popular uprising was astounding for everyone, including the military, the State Security apparatus, and all the regime’s senior staff. The popular outrage was far beyond…

Human rights organisations: Biden decision to withhold some military aid to Egypt ‘insufficient’

Eighteen local and international human rights organisations, including Human Rights Watch, have welcomed the decision of the administration of US President Joe Biden to reprogramme $130 million in foreign military funding from the Egyptian government. The administration had suspended the…

A call for the release of 50 lawyers held in pretrial detention

The Front for Defending the Independence of the Bar Association has issued a statement calling on the Minister of Interior and the Public Prosecutor to release the lawyers who are being held in pretrial detention and to pardon those who…

Ten new victims: The Egyptian judiciary keeps issuing arbitrary death sentences

After nearly seven years of trials, the Cairo Terror Court decided on Saturday to refer the papers of 10 defendants in the case known in the media as the “Helwan Brigades case” to the Grand Mufti for his opinion on…

Egypt sentences 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death

The Cairo Criminal Court has referred the papers of 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, in the case known in the media as the Helwan Brigades Case, to the Grand Mufti to issue a legal opinion regarding their execution. On…

ISIS claims responsibility for killing 5 Egyptian soldiers and bombing an army vehicle in North Sinai

The Sinai Province terrorist organisation affiliated with ISIS has claimed responsibility for targeting a military vehicle with an explosive device in the city of Bir Al-Abed in the North Sinai Governorate, killing an officer and four soldiers. The Amaq News…

Egyptian government to remove 3 residential areas in Old Cairo

The Cairo Governorate has issued a statement announcing the removal of three residential areas in the Old Cairo neighbourhood during the coming period, which are: Al-Jayara, Hosh Al-Ghajar, Al-Sukar Wl Al-Lemon, as part of the development work around the Wall…

Human Rights Watch criticises the EU for considering Egypt to lead global anti-terror body

Human Rights Watch has said that the European Union, according to a recently leaked document, may be on the verge of submitting a joint file with Egypt to co-lead the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum, a multilateral platform with broad influence on…

Coronavirus deaths spiking in Egypt due to Omicron variant

Coronavirus infections and deaths increased noticeably in recent days in Egypt, which prompted the Ministry of Health to stop all non-emergency operations in all its hospitals, and to allocate half of the total number of beds in them to coronavirus…