Egypt authorities criticised at UN Human Rights Council
This week a special session held in Geneva reviewed human rights in Egypt for the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The session started with a speech by the president of the Egyptian delegation Omar Marwan,…
Social media users slam Egypt authorities’ prison visit
On Monday the State Information Service (SIS) published a report detailing a visit made by journalists, reporters and public figures to Tora Prison. The visit was organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and the SIS. The visit was…
State Commissioners recommend closing The Guardian in Egypt
The State Commissioners Commission issued on Wednesday the recommendation to close the British daily The Guardian’s office in Egypt. The recommendations came within case no. 54519 in the Administrative Judiciary Court. The case was raised by Samir Sabry, a lawyer…
U.S. presses Egypt on alleged torture, mass arrests at U.N. review
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States and other Western countries urged Egypt on Wednesday to investigate alleged killings and torture by its security forces and to release journalists and others arrested for exercising their right to freedom of expression. Egypt…
Egypt’s military oppose listing army companies on stock exchange
On November 1, at the opening conference of new projects, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that companies owned by Egypt’s military must be allowed to sell shares on the stock exchange alongside other state companies slated for privatisation. This statement…
Egypt’s parliament has nothing to do with initiatives, politics or the president
“Anyone who mentions the homeland or the political leadership negatively has no place in Egypt in general and has to go to another country to live in,” Ali Abdel Aal Speaker of the House of Representatives, said, commenting on an…
Egypt: Judges angry as Sisi’s brother gains influence
Discontent is swelling among high-ranking Egyptian judicial sources angry about the growing influence of Al-Sisi’s brother, Counselor Ahmed Al-Sisi, sources have told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Ahmed Al-Sisi has played a central role in selecting the heads of judicial bodies, including the…
Egypt rights activists slam government tour of infamous Cairo prison as ‘staged’
Egypt’s interior ministry has organised a tour of its most infamous prison, just days after a panel of United Nations experts warned that thousands of prisoners were at risk of dying in Egyptian jails. Senior interior ministry officials paid a…
Tantawi’s political initiative provokes the regime
Ahmed Tantawi, a member of the Egyptian parliament, has put forward a new initiative consisting of 12 main axes aimed at achieving political reform in the country and building a modern, democratic state. In a long video broadcast on Sunday…
One year in pre-trial detention for Aisha al-Shater and Hoda Abdel Moneim
A year ago, Egyptian security forces arrested Aisha al-Shater, the daughter of prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat al-Shater, and former lawyer and member of the National Council for Human Rights Hoda Abdel Moneim, as part of a campaign of arrests…
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