Month: November 2022

Amnesty International condemns Egyptian authorities’ reported force-feeding of Alaa Abdel Fattah

On Thursday, Amnesty International condemned the Egyptian authorities’ reported force-feeding of imprisoned political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah on a hunger strike. Abdel Fattah has been on a hunger strike for six months. The Secretary-General of Amnesty International, Agnes Callamard, denounced…

Four journalists announce hunger strike

On Monday, Egyptian journalists Rasha Azab, Iman Auf and Mona Selim announced a partial hunger strike and a sit-in at the Journalists’ Syndicate in solidarity with prisoners of conscience in Egypt, including imprisoned political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has…

Fitch Ratings revises its outlook for Egypt from stable to negative

On Tuesday, Fitch Ratings said it had revised its outlook for Egypt from stable to negative while keeping its credit rating at B+. The finance and insurance company attributed its pessimistic outlook to a deteriorating external liquidity position and risks…

Olaf Scholz calls on the Egyptian government to release Alaa Abdel Fattah

On Tuesday, Deutsche Welle said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, currently taking part in the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, called on the Egyptian government to release imprisoned political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah. “There has to be a decision. His release…

Meloni discusses human rights and energy with Sisi

On Monday, Italian media said that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, on the sidelines of the COP27 climate summit, for about an hour and a quarter. According to reports, Meloni discussed the human rights…

Egyptian authorities fabricate demonstrations against Alaa Abdel Fattah campaigners

Wednesday, a group of young people demonstrated in the COP27 zone in Sharm el-Sheikh carrying posters against expelling the Egyptian lawmaker Omar Darwish from the session on political prisoners in Egypt by UN security. The demonstrators were wearing a blue-bloused…

Alaa Abdel Fattah: Hours passed with the Egyptian response to the Egyptian detainee’s critical case

In parallel to launching COP27, an Egyptian blogger and political prisoner Alaa Abdel Fattah started a total hunger strike two days ago, stopping drinking water after a partial strike from food for over 200 days. Alaa’s family said he felt…

Member of the presidential committee on political prisoners criticizes arbitrary arrests in Egypt streets

A member of the Presidential Pardon Committee, Kamal Abu Aita, has criticized the security forces’ arbitrary arrests of people from the streets during the past days after stopping them and searching their mobile phones, against the backdrop of calls on…

Egypt’s children are the most vulnerable to climatic and environmental shocks, said UNICEF

UNICEF has said that Egypt’s children are the most vulnerable to climatic and environmental shocks in the Middle East and North Africa. The country is ranked among the “high-risk” lands on the Child Climate Risk Index. According to the index,…

Alaa Abdel Fattah’s sister, Sanaa, attends COP27 as observer

On Thursday, Sanaa Seif, sister of imprisoned political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, said she would attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt as a civil society observer, participating in Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch events. Abdel-Fattah has decided to…