Fitch Ratings revises its outlook for Egypt from stable to negative
On Tuesday, Fitch Ratings said it had revised its outlook for Egypt from stable to negative while keeping its credit rating at B+. The finance and insurance company attributed its pessimistic outlook to a deteriorating external liquidity position and risks…
Olaf Scholz calls on the Egyptian government to release Alaa Abdel Fattah
On Tuesday, Deutsche Welle said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, currently taking part in the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, called on the Egyptian government to release imprisoned political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah. “There has to be a decision. His release…
Meloni discusses human rights and energy with Sisi
On Monday, Italian media said that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, on the sidelines of the COP27 climate summit, for about an hour and a quarter. According to reports, Meloni discussed the human rights…
Egyptian authorities fabricate demonstrations against Alaa Abdel Fattah campaigners
Wednesday, a group of young people demonstrated in the COP27 zone in Sharm el-Sheikh carrying posters against expelling the Egyptian lawmaker Omar Darwish from the session on political prisoners in Egypt by UN security. The demonstrators were wearing a blue-bloused…
Alaa Abdel Fattah: Hours passed with the Egyptian response to the Egyptian detainee’s critical case
In parallel to launching COP27, an Egyptian blogger and political prisoner Alaa Abdel Fattah started a total hunger strike two days ago, stopping drinking water after a partial strike from food for over 200 days. Alaa’s family said he felt…
Member of the presidential committee on political prisoners criticizes arbitrary arrests in Egypt streets
A member of the Presidential Pardon Committee, Kamal Abu Aita, has criticized the security forces’ arbitrary arrests of people from the streets during the past days after stopping them and searching their mobile phones, against the backdrop of calls on…
Egypt’s children are the most vulnerable to climatic and environmental shocks, said UNICEF
UNICEF has said that Egypt’s children are the most vulnerable to climatic and environmental shocks in the Middle East and North Africa. The country is ranked among the “high-risk” lands on the Child Climate Risk Index. According to the index,…
Alaa Abdel Fattah’s sister, Sanaa, attends COP27 as observer
On Thursday, Sanaa Seif, sister of imprisoned political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, said she would attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt as a civil society observer, participating in Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch events. Abdel-Fattah has decided to…
Rishi Sunak says the UK government is fully committed to releasing Alaa Abdel Fattah
On Sunday, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sent a letter to the family of jailed political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah saying his government was fully committed to resolving Abdel Fattah’s case and that he remains a priority for them, both…
CIHRS and five human rights groups express concern over Alaa Abdel Fattah
Six human rights groups have warned of the repercussions of the authorities’ continued intransigence in releasing Egyptian-British political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who started a total hunger strike last week. In a joint statement, they stressed that the Egyptian authorities’…
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