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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Budget deficit in Egypt amounts to 2.6% in the current fiscal year
Egypt announced that the total deficit in its budget amounted to 2.6 per cent of GDP in the first four months of the current fiscal year. Egyptian...