Egypt elections: Dozens detained after pro-Sisi rallies turned into anti-government protests
Following state-sponsored celebrations for the candidacy of Sisi this week, participants started chanting against the incumbent president and trampled on his photos. At least 67 men have been detained over the past week after protests in the northern Egyptian coastal city of…
‘Her hijab was removed’: Turkey detains Egyptian dissident Ghada Naguib
Plain-clothed officers violently detained the exiled opposition campaigner without stating any reason and took her to a deportation centre, her family told MEE. Exiled Egyptian opposition activist Ghada Naguib was arrested by plainclothed officers in Turkey on Monday without being given a reason, her…
‘Huge’ fire breaks out at police facility in Egypt
Videos are being shared across social media of the blaze which local media says has injured more than 20 people. The fire erupted at a police facility in the city of Ismailia in the early hours of Monday morning. Emergency…
Egypt elections: Authorities detain dozens of Sisi rival’s campaign volunteers
Rights group says at least 73 Ahmed Tantawi campaign members, including four lawyers, have been rounded up in recent days. Egyptian security forces have detained at least 73 members of the election campaign of opposition politician and former MP Ahmed Tantawi,…
Egypt announces presidential election to be held in December
Egypt will hold a presidential election on 10-12 December, after originally being due to take place in 2024, with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi widely expected to win a third term. The elections authority on Monday said the list of candidates is…
Egypt ‘second most at risk of debt crisis after Ukraine’
Egypt is the country second most at risk of a debt crisis, coming just after war-torn Ukraine, according to analysis by Bloomberg. The data showed that, taking into account public debt, interest costs and yield on dollar bonds, Egypt’s economy was the most at…
Egypt: Detained government critic Hisham Kassem begins hunger strike
The 64-year-old publisher and prominent activist is a founding member of the Free Current, a political alliance seeking to propose liberal alternatives to the military-controlled economic policies of the Sisi government. Egyptian opposition activist Hisham Kassem has begun a hunger strike…
Human rights organizations: The son of former Egyptian parliamentarian Saad Amara died in mysterious circumstances inside his prison
Suhaib is one of four detained brothers, and their father, Saad Amara, the former MP for Damietta Governorate. Today, Wednesday, three Egyptian human rights organizations announced the detainee’s death, Suhaib Saad Emara, inside his prison cell in the New Valley…
Egypt’s Sisi feared arrest in South Africa over Rabaa crimes, ex-minister says
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi cancelled a trip to South Africa because he feared being arrested for his role in the Rabaa massacre, a former minister has said. The revelation was made by Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, a former minister of trade and…
Egypt: Father of Belgium-based journalist charged after ‘hostage-like arrest’
Egyptian journalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada announced on Wednesday that his father has been detained, after he had disappeared for nearly 24 hours. The arrest is the latest incident in what appears to be a campaign targeting relatives of dissidents based abroad. “Today noon,…
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