Month: February 2023

Confiscation of shared spaces in Egypt creates the urban crisis

For many years, the Mokattam Hill Corniche was a favourite destination for lovers of the city of Cairo, especially its ancient archaeological neighbourhoods, as it allows them to look at its charm and splendour from a height, taking advantage of…

Late President Morsi on terrorists’ lists: State abuse of terrorism charges in Egypt

The Egyptian Public Prosecution has created a new list to include people on terrorist lists, which violates the legal procedures stipulated and in force for years. This list contains the names of deceased people, such as the former President of…

Egypt’s poultry breeding sector faces a massive crisis

On Monday, a member of the General Federation of Poultry Producers in Egypt, Musa Saqr, said that about two million workers out of four million working in the poultry breeding sector had been laid off as a result of the…

39,000 arrests and judicial prosecutions on political grounds in Egypt since 2018, says Transparency Center

On Sunday, the Transparency Research and Documentation Center reported that the Egyptian authorities carried out 39,000 arrests and judicial prosecutions on political grounds from January 2018 to January 2023. The report also documented 104 deaths among those arrested or re-arrested,…

Egypt Starts Debut Islamic Debt Sale as Bond Payment Looms

On Tuesday, Bloomberg published a report on the debt situation in Egypt, stating: Egypt started selling its first Islamic debt as the North African nation wrestled with a foreign-currency crunch. The three-year dollar sukuk is expected to price on Tuesday,…

Rights groups call on Italian authorities to take a firm stand on Giulio Regeni

Rights groups have issued a joint statement calling on the Italian authorities to take a firm stand on Giulio Regeni’s case, expressing concern over recent developments. The Egyptian Front for Human Rights and the Egyptian Platform for Human Rights called…

Egyptian court orders detention of poet for criticizing price hikes

An Egyptian court has ordered the detention of a poet for 15 days pending investigations after the Public Prosecution Office charged him with spreading false news and inciting violence over posts criticizing price hikes on Facebook. Lawyer Mohamed Ramadan said…

Recurrent closures of Sphinx Airport: Corruption and poor planning dwell in Egypt’s public investments

Only three months after its reopening, the Egyptian government closed Sphinx International Airport (west of Cairo) to international and domestic flights for maintenance work. This is the second time the airport has been closed for maintenance since it was built…

At gunpoint: Egyptian journalists prepare for union elections

On May 1, 2016, it was a terrible day for the Egyptian Journalists Union, as the security forces stormed the syndicate for the first time to arrest the journalists Amr Badr and Mahmoud El-Sakka, on the background of their sit-in…

Egyptian police arrest nine workers for aborting Kiriazi strike

Egyptian security forces have arrested nine Kiriazi workers on the background of their participation in a protest to demand an amendment to the wage structure within the large company. Sources have said that the Public Prosecution decided to detain the…