Military sources: The Egyptian military and tribal militias carry out a large-scale attack on the ISIS stronghold in Sinai
The Egyptian military, along with the state-sponsored tribal militias in Sinai, is conducting an undeclared military operation in the Northeast of the Sinai Peninsula, targeting the strongholds of the ISIS local branch known as Wilayat Sinai. The military released no…
EIPR warns of deporting Yemeni asylum seekers in Egypt
On Thursday, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights issued a statement warning of the imminent forced deportation of Abd al-Baqi Saeed Abdo, 52, a Yemeni asylum seeker, who is being held in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist…
20 human rights groups demand the release of Mohamed El-Baqer
On Thursday, 20 human rights groups issued a statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, director of Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms. They said that El-Baqer’s detention was arbitrary and was intended…
CFJ calls on the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings to investigate Ayman Hadhoud’s death
The Committee for Justice has submitted a complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings regarding the extrajudicial killing of economist Ayman Hadhoud. The rights group said that under the pretext of combating terrorism, the administration of President Abdel…
An explosive device killed two tribal militants in Sinai
On Thursday, two members of the Sawarka tribe, which cooperates with the Egyptian Armed Forces in its war on terrorism in North Sinai, were killed in an explosion. A young man was also killed when an unidentified shell fell on…
Amnesty International: Alaa Abdel Fattah’s life is in danger
On Friday, Amnesty International issued a statement calling on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah and human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, coinciding with the passage of a thousand days since their arrest….
Saudi Arabia urges Egypt to compromise with Turkey and Muslim Brotherhood, but it is unlikely
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received the Qatari Prince, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on the evening of Friday. The visit is the first since the cut of relations between the two countries in June 2017, which continued until the Gulf…
President Mohamed Morsi: Justice is coming one day
“Dr Morsi was held in brutal conditions, especially during the five years in Tora prison. What happened to Morsi may amount to an arbitrary killing with state approval. We call for an effective, independent, transparent investigation of Morsi’s unlawful death.”…
Sisi regime is promoting fake victories to improve its popular image
With pride, the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry published, a few days ago, a statement in which the Egyptians announced a significant victory for the rights of developing, net food-importing countries, during the Twelfth Ministerial Conference of the World…
Going on Su-35 deal: Will Egypt risk her relations with the USA?
French intelligence website, Africa Intelligence, said earlier this month that Egyptian pilots were seen in Russia training to fly Russian Su-35 fighters, despite American pressure and warnings that they could impose sanctions on Cairo if they completed this deal. And…
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