Egyptian government to remove 3 residential areas in Old Cairo
The Cairo Governorate has issued a statement announcing the removal of three residential areas in the Old Cairo neighbourhood during the coming period, which are: Al-Jayara, Hosh Al-Ghajar, Al-Sukar Wl Al-Lemon, as part of the development work around the Wall…
Human Rights Watch criticises the EU for considering Egypt to lead global anti-terror body
Human Rights Watch has said that the European Union, according to a recently leaked document, may be on the verge of submitting a joint file with Egypt to co-lead the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum, a multilateral platform with broad influence on…
Coronavirus deaths spiking in Egypt due to Omicron variant
Coronavirus infections and deaths increased noticeably in recent days in Egypt, which prompted the Ministry of Health to stop all non-emergency operations in all its hospitals, and to allocate half of the total number of beds in them to coronavirus…
Egyptian leftist parties denounce government attempts to remove residential districts in Cairo
Four Egyptian political parties have denounced the potential enforced displacement of residents of District 6 and 7 in Nasr City, East of Cairo, under the pretext that authorities are developing the area. The four parties, the Popular Socialist Alliance, the…
Shehab Centre warns of deterioration of detention conditions in Abu Zaabal Prison
Shehab Centre for Human Rights said they have received several appeals from families of political detainees in Abu Zaabal Prison, where guests complain about the humiliation they are subjected to by the National Security officer, who always threatens to torture…
Political prisoner Ashraf Abdel Rahim passes away in prison after 8 years
The Egyptian Network for Human Rights and We Record platform announced the death of political detainee Ashraf Abdel Rahim in Nozha Police Station in Tora Prison Complex. Ashraf, 65, was the ex-general manager of the Upper Egypt Mills Company in…
An expected increase in gasoline prices in Egypt
A source in the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources revealed that the Automatic Pricing Committee for Petroleum Products, which is concerned with reviewing and setting the selling prices of some types of fuel in Egypt on a quarterly basis,…
Egypt offers to return to the Renaissance Dam negotiations
The Egyptian government presented an offer to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, between Egypt and Sudan on the one hand, and Ethiopia on the other, expressing its hope that an agreement could be reached. Negotiations were suspended…
Committee for Justice: ‘The Egyptian authorities’ statements about prison conditions are so far from the truth’
The Committee for Justice said that the Human Rights Strategy announced by the Egyptian authorities recently is not the reality that the organisation has monitored and documented, especially in prisons and official and unofficial places of detention. The organisation added…
Egypt increases the price of medicine used for treating coronavirus
The Egyptian Drug Authority has agreed to raise the price of certain medication, some of which is used to treat coronavirus, colds, and liver diseases. Among the items included in the decision is the antihistamine Telfast, which increased from EGP…
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