Abdel Fattah el-Sisi: How is Egypt doing after a decade of his rule?
The ex-army chief became president in 2014, a year after a coup against incumbent Morsi – but the economy continues to crash and instability reigns amid a crackdown against opposition. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, president of Egypt since June 2014, had visions about…
Why Egypt’s ‘New Republic’ is increasingly vulnerable to implosion
Ten years have passed since Abdel Fattah el-Sisi assumed the presidency of the Arab world’s most populous country. Riding a wave of mass fear in Egypt’s turbulent society, and playing on the yearning for stability among the middle and upper classes,…
Hajj disaster: How more than 1,300 pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia as authorities failed to act
Omar*, an Egyptian in his 40s, considers himself a lucky survivor of Hajj. More than a thousand people, most of them Egyptians, have died of extreme heat during the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this month. Survivors and witnesses say the fatalities were largely…
Saudi Arabia detains Egyptian cancer patient after criticising Hajj deaths
Saudi authorities have detained an Egyptian man after he posted an online video during Hajj criticising the alleged neglect that led to the deaths of hundreds of Egyptian pilgrims. According to a video posted online by his father, Islam Osama Sobhi, 27, is currently held…
Sixteen NGOs Urge EU to Ensure Human Rights Reforms in Egypt with Macro-Financial Assistance
We, the undersigned Egyptian, regional and international human rights organisations, urge the European Commission and member states to uphold international and EU law to ensure that macro-financial assistance to Egypt granted under EU regulations secures concrete, measurable, structural and timebound human…
Egypt: How Sinai became a graveyard for education in ten years under Sisi
Schools destroyed, students and teachers killed, and children’s right to education systematically violated, report finds Egyptian army and security forces have destroyed dozens of schools and killed 186 students and 21 teachers during the decade-long conflict with Islamic State militants in Sinai, a…
Italy Must Review its Decision to Classify Egypt as a “Safe Country of Origin
41 civil society organizations express their deep concern for Italy’s decision to classify the Arab Republic of Egypt as a “safe country of origin”, under Legislative Decree No. 25/2008, paragraph 2-bis. We urge the Italian government to publicly disclose the…
Egypt: Girl ‘forcibly disappeared’ after demanding justice for father killed by police
Ali Salem was killed by police forces in broad daylight with a ‘close-range bullet to his head’, a rights group has said Egyptian security forces killed a farmer then forcibly disappeared his daughter who spoke out about his case, a rights…
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