El-Nadeem documents 3,949 human rights violations in Egypt in 2022
On Wednesday, the El-Nadeem Center against Violence and Torture said it had documented 3,949 human rights violations in Egypt in 2022. The violations included 49 cases of killing, 42 cases of torture, 339 cases of illegal punishment, 308 cases of…
Amnesty International recalls human rights violations of Sisi and Modi
On Thursday, Amnesty International issued a statement recalling the human rights violations of the regimes of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in conjunction with El-Sisi’s visit to India. “[National] celebrations should not distract us…
Limiting the right to challenge governmental contracts opens new doors for corruption
After about eight years in the corridors of the Egyptian courts, the Constitutional Court upheld the law regulating governmental contracts that limits the right to challenge the validity of government contracts to the parties of the agreement themselves, preventing citizens…
Unemployment at 7.4%: The forgotten socioeconomic crisis in Egypt
The number of new jobs created in Egypt decreased by 22.6% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of the same year. At the same time, there is a high unemployment rate during the same period,…
The Police Authority Law amended: The art of purging and politicizing the Egyptian police
On January 15, the House of Representatives approved the amendments to the Police Authority Law, No. 109 of 1971, which the government finally submitted, and as usual, without parliament making any amendments to the government proposal. The new amendment in…
Sentencing September protesters: Egypt’s regime slays protesters with judicial sword
A week ago, an Egyptian court sentenced 39 defendants to life imprisonment and 44 others, including 23 children, to long-term imprisonment over the September 2019 protests against Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The city of resistance On September 20, 2019, protests erupted…
UN human rights experts call on Egypt to provide adequate health care to Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh
On Thursday, United Nations human rights experts called on the Egyptian authorities to provide adequate and appropriate health care to imprisoned former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh. Aboul Fotouh was arrested in February 2018 and sentenced by a court…
Hot money syndrome: Investment in debt instruments and treasury bills resumes in Egypt
Investments in debt instruments and treasury bills have resumed in Egypt, along with a recent devaluation of the Egyptian pound and an increase in the interest rate. Last week, the Central Bank of Egypt sold Egyptian pound treasury bills to…
Civil Democratic Movement calls on the Egyptian government to release dissidents
On Friday, the Civil Democratic Movement called on the Egyptian government to quickly fulfil the opposition parties’ demands. In a statement, the movement urged the government to quickly release prisoners of conscience and peaceful dissidents and help those released to…
Back to hot money: Debt addiction dominates Egypt’s financial policies
Last July, Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait confirmed that one of the reasons for the economic crisis ravaging the country is the government’s wrong policy of relying on hot money. He said, “We learned from hot money flight, three times…
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