Aboul Fotouh’s family appeals to Sisi to release him
The family of the former presidential candidate and head of the Strong Egypt Party, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, has issued a statement expressing its shock at the 15-year prison sentence imposed by a superior court. The court’s rulings do not…
May records 196 violations in Egypt’s prisons
El Nadeem Center against Violence and Torture documented 196 violations in prisons and detention centres in Egypt last May. According to the group, the violations included 33 cases of extrajudicial killing, 6 cases of death, 6 cases of individual torture,…
Amnesty International calls upon Egyptian authorities to free civil society work within COP27
Egypt’s poor record in suppressing peaceful dissent must not be allowed to undermine the success of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) scheduled to take place in Sharm el-Sheikh from 7-18…
Egypt keeps the world’s third rank in death sentences during 2021
Egypt ranked third in the world in the rates of executions during the past year 2021, with at least 83 cases, including eight women, while the countries of the world led in the rate of death sentences, according to a…
How did a Lieutenant Colonel Pilot become responsible for Egypt’s most significant agricultural project?
A few days ago, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attended the inauguration of Egypt’s Future for Agricultural Production project, which aims at reclaiming one million fans. Everything was running normally; senior army commanders and ministers were present; The media played…
Al-Sisi calls upon the opposition for dialogue while issuing prison sentences against its symbols
Monday, the Nasr City Emergency Misdemeanor Court sentenced Yahya Hussein Abdel Hadi, the former spokesman for the Civil Democratic Movement (a political grouping of opposition parties and personalities), to 4 years in prison for “deliberately spreading false news inside and…
Three sisters were injured in a landmine explosion in North Sinai
On Saturday, three Egyptian girls were injured in a landmine explosion in Al-Arish, North Sinai. Eyewitnesses said that the landmine was planted by terrorist groups to target the Egyptian security forces. It exploded while several girls were on agricultural land…
The Egyptian opponent leader Ahmed Tantawi calls for the deposition of Sisi through democratic elections
Ahmed Tantawi, the head of the Karama Party, blamed the regime of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for the economic failure the country is currently experiencing, noting that his party received the Presidential National Dialogue Initiative with anticipation and caution. During…
Money laundering law amendments threaten the right to private property and install the police state
The Egyptian parliament initially approved amendments proposed by the government on the money laundering law. The modifications included considering the money laundering an independent crime rather than being related to original criminal activities such as drugs, arms and antiquities trafficking,…
Universal Home Appliances fires 65 workers over a labour strike
A member of the union committee of Universal Home Appliances has announced that the company’s management issued a decision to dismiss four workers, bringing the number of those been rejected during the past ten days to about 65 workers, against…
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