The Egyptian authorities block leading human rights group’s website
On Saturday, the director of the Egypt Program at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Mohamed Zaree, said that the human rights group’s website was blocked in Egypt after publishing a statement submitted by human rights organizations to the…
The causes of the Egyptian January 25th revolution are still present and persistent
The main slogan raised by the demonstrators during the revolution of January 25th, 2011, was “Bread… Freedom… Social Justice”, but despite 12 years after the revolution, none of these demands has been achieved, and it does not seem that there…
Ibrahim Arjani: Sinai’s warlord seeks sports washing by sponsoring Al-Ahly FC
On the evening of 19 January, there was a celebration held at the headquarters of Al-Ahly Club attended by the “notorious” businessman, Ibrahim Al-Arjani, to sign with the largest club in Egypt and Africa (and in the presence of its…
NYT: Inflation Is So High in Egypt That Eggs Are a Luxury
The New York Times has issued a report highlighting Egypt’s deteriorating economic and living conditions and the weak purchasing power of large segments of citizens. “Around the time Egypt’s currency hit an all-time low, an article this month on the…
Sudanese authorities intend to deport nine Egyptian dissidents
The Egyptian Network for Human Rights has said that the Sudanese authorities intend to deport nine Egyptian dissidents to their country. Four were sentenced to life imprisonment, and five were sentenced to two years in Egypt, according to the human…
The Economist: To save Egypt’s economy, get the army out of it
On Thursday, The Economist published a report on the economic situation in Egypt and pointed to the deep crisis in the country. “To the list of spectacular ruins across Egypt, you can now add its economy. The Egyptian pound lost…
El-Nadeem documents 3,949 human rights violations in Egypt in 2022
On Wednesday, the El-Nadeem Center against Violence and Torture said it had documented 3,949 human rights violations in Egypt in 2022. The violations included 49 cases of killing, 42 cases of torture, 339 cases of illegal punishment, 308 cases of…
Amnesty International recalls human rights violations of Sisi and Modi
On Thursday, Amnesty International issued a statement recalling the human rights violations of the regimes of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in conjunction with El-Sisi’s visit to India. “[National] celebrations should not distract us…
Limiting the right to challenge governmental contracts opens new doors for corruption
After about eight years in the corridors of the Egyptian courts, the Constitutional Court upheld the law regulating governmental contracts that limits the right to challenge the validity of government contracts to the parties of the agreement themselves, preventing citizens…
Unemployment at 7.4%: The forgotten socioeconomic crisis in Egypt
The number of new jobs created in Egypt decreased by 22.6% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of the same year. At the same time, there is a high unemployment rate during the same period,…
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