Month: June 2022

Libya’s Tripoli government denounces Egyptian official statements on Libyan domestic affairs

On Thursday, the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a statement expressing its astonishment at the comments of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesperson regarding Libyan national political arrangements, considering them as interference in local Libyan affairs and…

The Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights call to stop violations against workers at Universal Home Appliances

The Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights said its lawyers received 50 complaints of unfair dismissal from workers at Universal Home Appliances. The human rights group called on the Ministry of Manpower, the Ministry of Investment, and the Parliament’s…

CTUWS: The National Security Agency prevented labour leaders from running for trade-unions elections

The Center for Trade Union and Workers Services (CTUWS) said the recent labour elections witnessed threats and interference from the National Security Agency. Kamal Abbas, the general coordinator of the rights group, said that the Ministry of Manpower intervened to…

Sisi regime is using the Egyptians as a tool to blackmail the Gulf and Europe

“There are 25 billion US dollars that have increased overnight in the Egyptian budget due to the rise in the bill for energy and its derivatives, grains, cereals and basic supply commodities. There is a crisis in managing these funds….

Egypt’s government budget 2022/2023: The public debt devours the budget

Egypt’s house of representatives passed the government budget for 2022/2023 with a total of EGP 3.066 trillion (USD 166 billion). The budget is divided into seven chapters. The first is related to governmental employees’ wages and compensations, which took EGP…

Zamalek Supporters appeal for a presidential pardon for Sayed Mushaghib

The Zamalek Club Supporters Association has published a statement through its official accounts on social media in which it appealed to the Presidential Pardon Committee to release its president, Sayed Ali Fahim, who is known as Sayed Mushaghib, after nearly…

An international advocacy campaign calls for releasing Alaa Abdel Fattah

Public figures worldwide have solidarity with imprisoned activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah. More than two months ago, they began a hunger strike to protest miserable conditions in prison. They recorded a video on International Father’s Day, in which they…

Human rights demand the EU pressure Egypt to improve human rights

Eight human rights organizations have issued a statement urging the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, and EU foreign ministers to seize the opportunity of the European-Egyptian Association Council meeting this June…

The Egyptian Front calls for ending the deportation of opponents to Egypt

The Egyptian Front for Human Rights has issued a statement expressing its deep concern over the increasing deportation of opponents to Egypt under the pretext of combating terrorism. The rights group saw this as a pattern by which the Egyptian…

Egyptian senior military killed in Sinai

A colonel and soldier in the Egyptian army and two members of the tribal groups supporting the military were killed and others wounded in an attack by the ISIS-affiliated Sinai Province organization in Rafah, North Sinai. Tribal sources said that…