Why Sisi is shaking up Egypt’s security services
Amid the country’s economic tailspin, the president is increasingly focused on suppressing public dissent Egyptians and foreign observers were surprised as news emerged this week of a reshuffle in the leadership of the country’s powerful General Intelligence Service (GIS). President…
Arundhati Roy shares PEN Pinter Prize with Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah
The jailed activist has also been named Writer of Courage 2024 by English PEN as Cairo refuses calls for his release Egyptian–British writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been named Writer of Courage 2024 by the association of writers, English PEN. The award was…
Egypt detains pro-Palestine protesters on 7 October anniversary, says rights group
Student protests over Gaza war also banned by the American University in Cairo on Monday Egyptian security forces detained several people on Monday while they were participating in a protest marking the first anniversary of the Gaza war, a rights group said. According…
Egypt ramps up crackdown on exiled human rights defenders, says report
Activists abroad suffer surveillance and forms of persecution, including reprisals against families, according to two rights groups. Egyptian security forces are escalating their persecution of exiled human rights defenders in an attempt to quash dissent abroad, a new report has revealed….
Egypt: Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s mother says she will refuse food until his release
Leila Soueif launches hunger strike a day after prominent activist was refused release despite completing a five-year prison sentence Laila Soueif, the mother of British–Egyptian citizen Alaa Abd el-Fattah, has launched a hunger strike to protest against his continued imprisonment and says…
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