Hajj disaster: How more than 1,300 pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia as authorities failed to act
Omar*, an Egyptian in his 40s, considers himself a lucky survivor of Hajj. More than a thousand people, most of them Egyptians, have died of extreme heat during the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this month. Survivors and witnesses say the fatalities were largely…
Saudi Arabia detains Egyptian cancer patient after criticising Hajj deaths
Saudi authorities have detained an Egyptian man after he posted an online video during Hajj criticising the alleged neglect that led to the deaths of hundreds of Egyptian pilgrims. According to a video posted online by his father, Islam Osama Sobhi, 27, is currently held…
Sixteen NGOs Urge EU to Ensure Human Rights Reforms in Egypt with Macro-Financial Assistance
We, the undersigned Egyptian, regional and international human rights organisations, urge the European Commission and member states to uphold international and EU law to ensure that macro-financial assistance to Egypt granted under EU regulations secures concrete, measurable, structural and timebound human…
Egypt: How Sinai became a graveyard for education in ten years under Sisi
Schools destroyed, students and teachers killed, and children’s right to education systematically violated, report finds Egyptian army and security forces have destroyed dozens of schools and killed 186 students and 21 teachers during the decade-long conflict with Islamic State militants in Sinai, a…
Italy Must Review its Decision to Classify Egypt as a “Safe Country of Origin
41 civil society organizations express their deep concern for Italy’s decision to classify the Arab Republic of Egypt as a “safe country of origin”, under Legislative Decree No. 25/2008, paragraph 2-bis. We urge the Italian government to publicly disclose the…
Egypt: Girl ‘forcibly disappeared’ after demanding justice for father killed by police
Ali Salem was killed by police forces in broad daylight with a ‘close-range bullet to his head’, a rights group has said Egyptian security forces killed a farmer then forcibly disappeared his daughter who spoke out about his case, a rights…
IMF could augment Egypt’s loan programme over effects of Gaza war
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the Israel-Gaza war has had an economic impact on neighbouring countries. The International Monetary Fund is seeking to increase Egypt’s loan programme due to the effects of the war in neighbouring Gaza, according to a…
Israel-Palestine war: Egyptian activists call for ‘convoy of conscience’ to break Gaza siege
Union organisers say Sisi’s government ‘has not done its best’ to challenge the Israeli blockade on Gaza and assert its sovereignty over the Rafah border crossing Egypt’s Journalist Syndicate has called for a humanitarian convoy into Gaza as very little aid has been allowed…
Israel-Palestine war: Riled by Israel’s Gaza plans, Egypt pushes back
Egypt is telling the US that Israel’s stated goal to remove Hamas from governing the Gaza Strip is an unrealistic war aim, according to sources familiar with the matter. The warnings are being delivered regularly by Egyptian officials as Cairo…
Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opens for limited evacuation
The Rafah border border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time in more than three weeks of brutal conflict to allow the evacuation of dozens of Palestinian injured requiring hospital treatment and hundreds of foreign passport-holders. Live pictures…
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