Rights groups and political parties declare solidarity with Mada Masr
Human rights groups and political parties have expressed solidarity with Mada Masr journalists under investigation by the Public Prosecutor against the background of complaints submitted by the Nation’s Future Party against the independent news website. Amnesty International called on the…
Mada Masr journalists were summoned to the office of the Public Prosecutor
On Wednesday, Ragia Omran, a Mada Masr’s defence team member, said that the complaints submitted to the Public Prosecution by the Nation’s Future Party against the independent news website had reached about 500. On August 31, Mada Masr published a…
ECESR warns of increasing industrial workers’ suicides in Egypt
The Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights has announced its solidarity with the workers of the Beshai Steel Factory, who have been on strike for more than two weeks. Two factory workers had committed suicide due to financial pressures….
The left-wing party condemns the liquidation of state-owned companies
On Tuesday, the Egyptian Democratic Party issued a statement condemning the government’s decision to liquidate the Al-Nasr for Coke and Chemicals. The party said that the newly appointed Minister of the Business Sector, Mahmoud Esmat, started his work with the…
Former parliamentarian Ahmed El-Tantawy: No one can prevent me from returning to Egypt
Former parliamentarian Ahmed El-Tantawy has said that the current regime is providing the worst performance for a regime in the modern history of Egypt, stressing that he will not be a partner, ally or supporter of it. During an interview…
Expecting death in prison, Aboul Fotouh writes his will
Ahmed Aboul Fotouh, son of imprisoned former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, has said his father wrote his will in the last letter the family received from him. Last week, the family of the head of the Strong Egypt…
Sisi circumvents the constitution to control the supervisory state apparatuses
On Tuesday, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appointed General Amr Adel as acting head of the Administrative Control Authority, succeeding General Hassan Abdel Shafy, who reached retirement age. Adel was selected as the “acting” head instead of being appointed directly as a…
Egypt’s Intelligence objects to Emirati acquisition of Nasr City Housing Company
The board of directors of Madinet Nasr Housing decided to reject an Emirati offer to acquire all the company’s shares. While the official reason was the weakness of the offered price, sources pointed out that the Egyptian Military Intelligence intervened…
Egypt’s new half-billion dollars presidential plane is old, Simple Flying says
Simple Flying has said that the new presidential plane the Egyptian government bought that caused a stir recently is an old one, but Egypt bought it at the price of a modern aircraft of the same type. It said that…
Israeli security delegation in Egypt to calm tensions
On Sunday, Israel Army Radio said a high-ranking Israeli security delegation secretly visited Egypt two weeks ago with the aim of calming disputes between the two countries. The radio said that one issue that recently affected Egyptian-Israeli relations is the…
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