Prosecution investigates killing of two inside Alexandria police station
August 1, 2019 The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) said on Wednesday that prosecutors are investigating the killing of two people inside El-Dekheila police station in Alexandria during their detention. ECRF confirmed that one of the two victims…
Amnesty International: 130 prisoners on hunger strike in Egypt
August 1, 2019 About 130 detainees in the heavily guarded Scorpion wing of Tora Prison have been on hunger strike for the last six weeks. Strikers are protesting against the prevention of visits since their arrest two years ago, Amnesty…
Sisi laughs at economic decline in Egypt
August 1, 2019 Abdel Fattah al-Sisi burst out laughing, taunting the difficult economic climate and societal deterioration in Egypt at an annual youth conference held earlier this week. “If people in Egypt had rejected economic reforms we would have held…
Egypt owes $14.5 billion of debt in next 6 months
August 1, 2019 Egypt has to repay $12.7 billion in premiums and $1.8 billion in interest during the second half of 2019, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said on Tuesday. The debt is divided into $1.48 billion for Paris…
Son of former justice minister Ahmed Suleiman: My father is subject to deliberate medical negligence
August 1st, 2019 The son of Ahmed Suleiman, the former minister of justice in the government of the late President Mohamed Morsi, revealed on Tuesday that his father has suffered for eight months in prison and said that freedom…
ECRF file lawsuit demanding disclosure of Mustafa al-Najjar’s place of detention
August 1st, 2019 The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), an Egyptian civil society organisation, have filed a lawsuit to the Administrative Court of the State Council to demand the disclosure of former MP Mustafa al-Najjar’s place of detention….
In Egypt, the curse of stray dogs haunts the government
August 1st, 2019 Egyptian Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad has tried to defend the government’s policy to kill stray dogs in Egypt by asserting that the shooting of dogs in the street is not why snakes have emerged. The minister’s…
Poverty rate in Egypt 32.5% according to official figures
July 31, 2019 The Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed in a press conference on Monday that the poverty rate in Egypt is 32.5 per cent compared to 27.8 per cent in July 2016. According to…
Ziad al-Alimi’s mother demands her son be treated in hospital
July 31, 2019 Journalist Ikram Yousef, the mother of former MP Ziad al-Alimi who is currently being hold in connection with the so-called Hope Alliance case, demanded Monday that her son be transferred to hospital because of his deteriorating health….
AFTE calls on Egypt authorities to stop blocking digital media
July 31, 2019 The Freedom of Thought and Expression Foundation (AFTE), a law firm based in Cairo, released its quarterly report on the state of freedom of expression in Egypt on Monday, in which it reported numerous violations including against…
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