Alaa Abdel Fattah’s family informs African rights groups of his torture
On Tuesday, the family of the detained Egyptian political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah went to the 12th conference of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions to deliver complaints of the violations and conditions of his detention in violation…
Egypt parliament considers MP Ahmed Tantawi’s punishment
Ninety-five deputies submitted a request to the Speaker of the House of Representatives to refer MP Ahmed Tantawi to the Committee of Values, on the back of his announcement of an initiative to resolve the political crisis in Egypt. The…
Egypt borrows €675 million through treasury bills
Egypt’s Central Bank said €695 million ($770.27 million) one-year euro-denominated treasury bills will be launched on Monday (November 11). Egypt sold €610 million ($676.12 million) one-year euro treasury bills at an average yield of 1.49 per cent in a similar…
Egypt: UN experts denounce Morsi “brutal” prison conditions, warn thousands of other inmates at severe risk
UNITED NATIONS PRESS RELEASE GENEVA (8 November 2019) – The prison regime in Egypt may have directly led to the death of former President Mohamed Morsi, and may be placing the health and lives of thousands more prisoners at severe…
The New Egyptian capital: Lies about funding, foreign investors flee
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi announced the establishment of a new capital for Egypt in March 2015 and the project rushed into implementation so fast disregarding both any criticism pointed at it and legitimate questions about its benefit in the circumstances…
Mohamed Ali: al-Sisi will fall within 3 months
The Egyptian businessman and actor Mohamed Ali has said that he intends to broadcast a new video within three weeks which will cause a political earthquake that will shatter General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s world. He said that al-Sisi’s rule will…
Jihad al-Haddad is dying in prison
Egyptian political detainee Jihad al-Haddad has lost the ability to walk as a result of torture and medical neglect lasting six years. During al-Haddad’s appearance in court last week, the 38-year-old prisoner entered the State Security Prosecution hearing room carried…
In Egypt, a judicial release does not mean you are going home
While the world considers that judgments are enforceable, judgments in favour of Egyptian opponents are not, especially if they mean their release and return to their homes. The most recent of these judicial orders were in favour of the former…
Enforced disappearances are practiced daily in Egypt
In what appears to be a new escalation of the Egyptian regime against its opponents, the policy of enforced disappearance for open periods has begun to expand in an unprecedented manner. Enforced disappearance is more a violation of human rights…
“Watch iT”, a new step in the state monopoly of entertainment industry
On May 25th, The United Media Services company, headed by Tamer Morsi, the owner of the Egyptian Media Group and Di Media company, signed a new protocol with National Media Authority, headed by Hussein Zain, in the context of preserving…
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