Egypt receives $335.5 million from Japan
On Tuesday, the Egyptian Ministry of Finance issued a statement saying it had signed a financing agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for 44 billion Japanese yen ($335.5 million). According to the statement, the agreement supported Egypt’s efforts…
Egypt continues to force evictions of residents of unplanned areas
On Tuesday, twenty people were arrested in Egypt because they resisted the police forces and assaulted their members. Lawyer Saleh Mohamed said that the clashes with the police resulted from the government’s desire to evict residents from their homes in…
Wheat prices increase in Egypt due to import difficulties
On Monday, a member of the Grain Division of the Federation of Industries, Walid Diab, said that the price of a ton of wheat rose by 2,500 Egyptian pounds during the past two weeks to reach 14,500 Egyptian pounds. Diab…
AFTE reports abuses of free speech during the 2022 Cairo International Book Fair
On Tuesday, the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression released a report on the 2022 Cairo International Book Fair. It said it documented free speech abuses, including preventing publishing houses from participating in the fair and confiscating displayed books….
Rights groups express concern about flagrant human rights violations at Badr Prison
On Monday, local and international human rights groups expressed concern about the flagrant human rights violations at Badr Prison in Egypt, explaining that recent news of repeated suicide attempts by prisoners compounds their problems. They called on the international community,…
Khaled Elbalshy to head the Journalists’ Syndicate in Egypt amid harsh conditions for the press
Unexpectedly, the dissident leftist journalist Khaled Elbalshy was elected head of the Journalists Syndicate after a wild elector battle with Khaled Elmery, the state-sponsored candidate. Four dissident journalists from the so-called Independence Current in the syndicate were elected to the…
Sisi‘s presidential campaign begins with Electoral Briberies
“Recently, I suffered attempts of intimidation, so no problems, I go ahead”, Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi said on Friday at the launch of the “Shoulder-To-Shoulder” initiative, which organizations publicly supported giving relief food aid to thousands of poor Egyptian at Packed stadium….
Saudi, Iran Re-Establish Relations: Sisi’s regime looks forward to who can pay well
On Friday, March 10, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations Through Chinese sponsorship, about seven years after severing them, as a result of the attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran when Saudi Arabia had executed…
The Egyptian government denies identity documents to dissidents abroad
Human Rights Watch has accused the Egyptian authorities of systematically withholding or renewing official documents for dozens of dissidents, journalists, and human rights activists residing abroad in recent years to “pressure them to return to Egypt to face almost certain…
Khaled Elbalshy: Dissident leftist journalist wins the syndicate elections
Saturday, Khaled Elbalshy, editor-in-chief of the Darb news website, the mouthpiece of the left-wing Popular Socialist Alliance Party, won the elections of the Journalists’ Union. Balshy got 2450 votes, outperforming his main rival, the state-sponsored editor-in-chief of the state-owned Akhbar…
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