Year: 2022

Public offering of ports raises criticism of the Egyptian governmental economic plan

Economic experts, including the well-known Egyptian economist Gouda Abdel Khaleq, criticized the State Ownership Policy plan, which the Egyptian government issued to propose a governmental program to handle the state-owned assets, as the program included the abandonment of the land…

CFJ: Human rights violations increased in Egyptian prisons in 2021

The Committee for Justice issued its 2021 report on detention centres in Egypt, in which it said that the human rights situation in Egypt witnessed significant changes, the most important of which was the abolition of the state of emergency…

Egypt cuts growth forecast for next year to 4.5%

The Egyptian government has reduced its target for growth in the next fiscal year, 2022-2023, to 4.5% after it had expected last March that it would reach 5.5%. This came during statements by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly while participating in…

Egypt issues 1 billion dollars in sovereign financial securities

The Egyptian government has announced that it is preparing to issue sovereign financial certificates worth one billion dollars in July to face the repercussions of economic crises and provide hard currency. This came in statements by the Egyptian Deputy Finance…

The Egyptian opposition is preparing for dialogue with the regime despite the continuous violations

Parties from the Egyptian civil opposition have held intensive meetings and dialogues with each other during the past few days to prepare to participate in the National Dialogue called upon by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, which many consider a tactic…

Israel urges the West to accept al-Sisi’s violations

An Israeli official has urged Western countries not to put pressure on the regime of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. “Israel understands the policies adopted by the Sisi regime at the internal level, specifically after the Muslim Brotherhood attempts to…

TUWS: Trade unions’ elections fraud handled by Egypt’s National Security

The Center for Trade-Unions and Workers Services issued a statement saying that it was able to document dozens of cases of National Security police interference that prevented employees and workers from running in the first phase of the union elections…

Social media campaign to release Alaa Abdel Fattah after his health deterioration

Monday, a social media campaign to release Alaa Abdel Fattah trended in Egypt after thousands of microblogs raised the demand on top of the hunger strike Abdel Fattah declared weeks ago. Laila Soueif, the mother of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel…

Reports

Al-Sisi regime enhances its options for obtaining new loans

The Egyptian government agreed to upgrade the sovereign green financing framework to a sovereign sustainable financing framework, which allows the issuance of a new type of bond known as “sustainable bonds” used to finance projects with both environmental and social…

El-Nadeem Center: Egyptian prisons suffered 178 violations in April

El Nadeem Center against Violence and Torture has issued its new monthly report, Harvest of Repression, in which it documented 178 violations and five deaths in official detention facilities in Egypt. According to the report, the violations included 2 cases…