Belgium’s parliament urges the Egyptian government to stop violations of human rights
On Thursday, the Belgian parliament urged its government to take a firm position against abuses and violations of human rights in Egypt. Most parliamentarians voted to demand that their government take action to enhance the human rights situation in Egypt,…
An Egyptian army officer was killed and four soldiers wounded in South Sinai
On Tuesday, an Egyptian army officer was killed, and four soldiers were wounded in an attack by Islamic State – Sinai Province militants in South Sinai. The spokesman for the Egyptian Armed Forces did not issue any statements about the…
UN Human Rights Committee discusses Egypt’s human rights situation
On Tuesday, the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva held a session to examine the human rights situation in Egypt and discuss the country’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Egypt ratified the covenant in…
Enforced disappearance: The chronic disease of the Egyptian police state
Six human rights organizations have condemned the decision of the Supreme State Security Prosecution in Egypt to imprison at least 40 people after they were forcibly disappeared from the National Security (Political Security Apparatus) headquarters for varying periods, some of…
With failing public policies: Egypt underway hyperinflation
On February 9, the Central Bank of Egypt announced that the country’s core inflation rate had risen to 31.24 per cent on an annual basis in January, up from 24.4 per cent in December 2022, while consumer price inflation in…
Despite loaning and divestment: The greenback shortage still blocks Egyptian imports
The crisis of dollar scarcity in Egypt has been exacerbated again after short weeks of calm, filled with hopes for a breakthrough. Recently, manufacturers and importers demanded a quick provision of hard currency to face production crises in several sectors,…
Société Générale says the Egyptian pound would depreciate by about 10%
On Saturday, Société Générale predicted that the value of the Egyptian pound would soon depreciate by about 10%. Egypt suffers from unprecedented inflation, which reached 31.2% last January. The country is likely to devalue its currency again shortly, according to…
Egypt: Flagrant Human Rights Abuses Documented In Badr Prison Complex
The Committee for Justice, an independent association for the defence of human rights based in Geneva, Switzerland, has published a report on the dire conditions in Egyptian prisons, stating: Inmates at the new Badr Prison Complex in Egypt live in…
Strikes immerse Egypt’s factories: Worker’s sufferings threaten Egypt’s stability
During the first two months of 2023, the devaluation of the Egyptian pound (one dollar: 30.62 pounds) continued, and with a minimum wage of 2,700 pounds in the private sector, its value and purchasing power decreased by more than half,…
The State Security Affairs Office refuses to ratify the ruling that acquitted six people
On Saturday, human rights lawyer Khaled Al-Masry said that the State Security Affairs Office refused to ratify a ruling issued by an Emergency State Security Court that acquitted six people of charges of joining a terrorist group and carrying out…
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