Two Eritrean refugees resettle in Canada after 10 years in prison in Egypt
Eritrean refugees Alm Tesfaye Abraham and Kiprom Adhanom have arrived at Toronto airport for resettlement in Canada after being detained in Egypt for nearly 10 years inside the foreigners’ ward of Al-Qanater Prison for men. A legal source familiar with…
Strict measures in place on January 25 Revolution anniversary
The streets in the centre of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, witnessed extensive security measures, especially the streets leading to Tahrir Square, coinciding with the eleventh anniversary of the 25 January Revolution. The Ministry of Interior deployed several fixed and mobile…
The 25 January revolution is ongoing
On January 25, 2011, coinciding with the Egyptian Police Day, tens of thousands of Egyptians demonstrated, calling for the dismissal of the Minister of Interior, Major General Habib Al-Adly, an end to the violations of the supposed “security men,” and…
The Guardian publishes two videos documenting torture in Egyptian police station
The Guardian has published two videos showing the torture of Egyptian detainees last November inside a police station located in el-Salam neighbourhood, north of Cairo. “The video, covertly recorded by a detainee through a cell door, appears to show two…
Committee for Justice: State Security Courts in Egypt are an obstacle to justice
The Committee for Justice human rights platform issued a report in which it said that the modern Egyptian judicial system has used exceptional courts since 1952 and that they have been used to tighten the security grip on opponents. The…
Workers of Egyptian General Warehouse Company protest reduction in workers’ profit share
Hundreds of workers in the Egyptian General Warehouse Company continue their demonstrations against the conclusion of the company’s general assembly meeting on 13 January, reducing the workers’ share of the company’s profits. One of the workers explained that the demonstrations…
Egypt ranks seventh in the Arms Sale Risk Index
Egypt ranked seventh out of the 21 countries that topped the 2021 Arms Sale Risk Index, issued by the Cato Institute. The index measures factors associated with negative outcomes of arms sales, such as dispersal, diversion, and abuse by recipients….
Media trade unionist: ‘A sovereign body demanded Maspero protesters raise Sisi’s posters’
The head of the Trade Union Committee for Employees in the Economic Sector in the National Media Authority, Khaled Al-Sobki, said that a sovereign body asked him to stop the demonstration that has been going on for three weeks in…
Egypt: Students increase despite a tutor shortage
The number of students at the pre-university level in the 2020/2021 school year increased by about one million male and female students, compared to the academic year 2019/2020, while the number of teachers decreased in the same period by about…
Fitch: Egyptian bank ratings may face pressure due to decline of foreign assets
Fitch Ratings issued a report in which it indicated that the rating of Egyptian banks may face pressure if the decline in foreign assets continues. The agency added that net foreign liabilities in the Egyptian banking sector amounted to $7…
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