Joint Statement – Rights Groups Alarmed by Inhumane and Life-Threatening Conditions in Egypt’s Badr Prison
We, the undersigned organizations, are profoundly concerned by the recent and rapid deterioration of conditions inside Egypt’s Badr Rehabilitation and Correctional Center, according to testimonies from detainees’ families. We are alarmed by recent reports of suicide attempts and a mass…
Egypt: Police arrest cartoonist and satirist Ashraf Omar in dawn raid
Omar had published several cartoons lampooning Egypt’s electricity crisis and economic policies Egyptian security forces have arrested Ashraf Omar, a cartoonist for the independent news outlet Al-Manassa, at his home in Cairo early on Monday. According to Omar’s wife, Nada Mougheeth,…
US Senator Bob Menendez found guilty in Egypt-linked corruption trial
Menendez faces sentencing in multi-layered bribery scheme involving Egyptian-American businessman and Egyptian officials Prominent US Senator Bob Menendez was convicted on Tuesday on all 16 criminal counts he was facing during his months-long corruption trial involving Egyptian officials and businessmen….
Egypt: Viral video shows Wafd party members ‘planning antique smuggling’
The liberal nationalist party downplayed the footage, insisting that those featured were low level members A video has gone viral on social media showing members of Egypt’s liberal nationalist Wafd party discussing the smuggling of antiquities while apparently inside their party’s headquarters….
Badr Abdelatty: Why is Egypt’s new foreign minister controversial?
Government insiders and activists say Cairo’s appointment is detrimental to human rights and signals the ‘militarisation’ of the diplomatic service Badr Abdelatty, a career diplomat, has replaced Sameh Shoukry as Egypt‘s minister of foreign affairs after Shoukry held the post for 12…
Mohamed Abdel Latif: Egypt’s new education minister has a ‘fake’ PhD
Mohamed Abdel Latif says he holds a doctorate from Cardiff City University in the US, but online fact-checkers say it’s a scam Egypt’s new education minister, Mohamed Abdel Latif, has sparked controversy after online fact checkers revealed that his PhD, advertised…
Killed, disappeared, displaced: Egypt’s Sinai devastated by Sisi’s 10 years as president
President Sisi has declared his war on terror in northeast Egypt over. Survivors say a decade of conflict has shattered lives and homeland In January last year, the 12th anniversary of Egypt‘s 25 January revolution, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi declared the war-torn Sinai Peninsula…
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,…
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