Egypt detainee dies after four days in “punishment cell”
July 25, 2019 Omar Adel, 29, died on Monday in Tora Prison after being held in a punishment cell for five days, sparking widespread anger among activists on social media. Prison authorities put Omar in the punishment cell last Thursday…
Australian company Jessland files international arbitration suit against Egypt
July 24, 2019 The Australian mining company Jessland has filed an arbitration suit with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of the World Bank against the Egyptian state-owned mining company after the Abu Dabab mine license was…
Egyptian Families Accuse Security Forces of Killing Detainees
CAIRO—Egyptian security forces arrested Mohamed Abdelsatar at the school where he worked as a teacher in April 2017. Another man, Sabry Salah, was arrested the next month. Mr. Salah’s wife and Mr. Abdelsatar’s school asked the government for information about…
Egypt minister downplays threat to ‘cut’ critics abroad
Egypt’s minister for expatriates’ affairs has downplayed the significance of comments she made about its critics abroad, whom she said would be “cut”. A video of Nabila Makram speaking at a meeting with Egyptians living in Toronto, Canada, appears to…
Egypt court rejects Coptic inheritance rights
July 23, 2019 On Sunday the Family Court rejected an appeal by Huda Nasrallah, an Egyptian lawyer for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, against the ruling of the lower court to apply Islamic law to her and her…
Human Rights report calls for international investigation into Morsi’s death
July 23, 2019 On Sunday the Al-Shehab Centre and Adalah issued a joint report on the death of Mohamed Morsi, the first elected civilian president in Egypt’s history. The report described the events of Morsi’s death and the violations…
Egyptian detainee asks not to be released for fear of his life
July 23, 2019 The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday decided to release human rights activist Ahmed Abdel Sattar Amasha two years after his arrest, but in a strange incident he asked the court to keep him prisoner for fear of…
British Airways cancelled its flights to Egypt because of undisclosed security concerns — but every other airline kept running as usual
British Airways surprised passengers on Saturday by cancelling its flights to and from Cairo for seven days, citing security concerns. German airline Lufthansa also cancelled its flights on Saturday, but resumed them on Sunday. Several other airlines continued their…
Patriotism and soft power: how Egypt sought to gain from Afcon
20th July 2019 When the curtain falls on Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations on Friday night, the overwhelming sense among many local residents will be one of relief. Senegal and Algeria will contest the final but there is a feeling,…
Egypt: At least 20 killed in airstrikes in northern Sinai
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian security officials say airstrikes targeting Islamic militants are underway in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 20 insurgents. Officials said that Egypt’s air force on Friday hit more than 100 mountainous hideouts of…
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