Justice in al-Sisi’s era produces only cadavers
August 10, 2019 Reuters has published a special report in both Arabic and English on random executions which includes testimonies from families of the victims. The agency began its report with a story about the young construction worker Lotfi Ibrahim,…
Obtaining security permission: Euthanasia of the press in Egypt
August 9, 2019 “You need to get a permit from the Interior [Ministry] before any press coverage,” said one of the security leaders within the Interior Ministry in Egypt, ending any hope that journalists can continue to work in the…
Egypt thirsty as Nile water levels alarming low
August 2, 2019 The Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation has announced the decline of the Nile water level by about 5 billion m3 compared to last year. The announcement has sparked concern among Egyptians activists who launched a hashtag on Twitter…
Are we on a date with the collapse of the cement industry in Egypt?
August 2, 2019 “We may witness bankruptcies if the state does not intervene to save the industry,” said the director of the cement division, Noha Bakr, in an interview last January. Bakr was speaking of the crisis facing the cement…
Khairat al-Shater: Accusations against the Brotherhood are fabricated for political reasons
August 1st, 2019 “The minister who testified in this court that we were spying before the revolution of 25 January 2011 was the one who released me after the revolution, and called the prison chief and asked him to talk…
Six years since al-Sisi asked for a mandate to fight terror, the war in not over
July 31, 2019 “Egyptians must take to the streets on Friday to give me the mandate to face violence and terrorism.” Six years have passed since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who at the time was Defence Minister, demanded popular authorisation to…
Extrajudicial killings in Egypt: Are they a deterrent?
July 25, 2019 For once, the indicators did not vanish. Blood has taken an upward trend for the past four years. Deaths have multiplied repeatedly, yet the Egyptian regime has insisted that this will deter terrorism. According to official statistics…
The last tranche of the IMF loan: Have conditions in Egypt improved?
July 25, 2019 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to discuss the fifth and final review of the Egyptian economy and vote for the sixth and final tranche of the loan, which is $2 billion. According to forecasts, Egypt will…
In Egypt there are no real trade unions
July 25, 2019 The International Labour Organisation listed Egypt on the short list of countries that violate labour rights (i.e. the black list) in session no. 108 of the international labour conference held in the Swiss capital Geneva. Although the…
The 12th death of Hosni Mubarak: 8 years of lying
July 23, 2019 “Mubarak is not dead, the news of his death is not true;” the lawyer of former President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak has denied the news circulating. Rumours of Mubarak’s death have been repeated continuously in Egypt, since his…
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