Opposition MP Haitham Hariri loses his seat in the parliamentary elections
Haitham Hariri – the most prominent representative of the limited opposition – lost his seat in the third district (Muharram Bey) in Alexandria Governorate (north of Cairo). Indicators of unofficial results in the run-off round of the second phase of…
EIPR demands an investigative judge for its imprisoned employees
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights submitted an official complaint to the attorney general’s office detailing incidents of abuse against its executive director, Jasser Abdel-Razek, requesting that an investigative judge be appointed in the case. The initiative held the public…
Biden’s secretary of state condemns the arrest of human rights defenders in Egypt
US President-elect Joe Biden caused the Egyptian regime widespread anger after he assigned veteran diplomat Anthony Blinken as secretary of state in his new administration, because of the latter’s position on human rights violations in Egypt. Blinken’s tweet about Egypt…
Masked robbery: Egypt authorities freeze funds of 285 opposition figures
On Tuesday, the Cairo Court of Urgent Matters decided to seize the funds of 285 opponents accused of joining the Brotherhood, the largest opposition group in the country, and three entities affiliated with it, in response to a request from…
HRW: Egypt’s judiciary is complicit in suppressing dissidents
Human Rights Watch has said that Egyptian judges and prosecutors are complicit with the authorities in cracking down on activists through revolving detention. The organisation stated, in a report, that the Egyptian authorities ignore the orders to release detainees and…
Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights held in solitary confinement
Hossam Bahgat, founder and chairman of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, said on Monday that the authorities had detained its executive director, Jasser Abdel Razek, and held him incommunicado and in inhumane conditions for three days after his arrest…
All chest unit doctors at Ain Shams University infected with coronavirus
The former Egyptian Minister of Health, the Adviser to the President of the Republic for Health and Prevention Affairs, Muhammad Awad Taj al-Din, revealed that all doctors of the chest unit at Ain Shams University have been infected with coronavirus….
Egypt puts Aboul Fotouh and other political detainees on terror list
On Monday, the Cairo Criminal Court listed the former presidential candidate, the head of the Strong Egypt Party, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, the Egyptian activist Alaa Abdelfattah, the human rights defender and lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer, and 25 other opposition members…
13 Egyptian governorates witness run-offs in the disreputable parliamentary elections
Thirteen Egyptian governorates are witnessing voting in the run-off of the first stage of the country’s parliamentary elections at home. The National Election Authority (NEA), the state’s authority in charge of supervising elections, said the voting process went smoothly. “Judges…
Egypt’s external debt increased by 15% in 2020
On Monday, the Central Bank of Egypt offered government treasury bills denominated in USD, on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, at about $1.585 billion for 364 days. The country’s external debt has risen by 14.79 per cent from the…
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