With a value of EGP 21 billion: 16 governmental bodies suffer heavy losses
16 Egyptian government agencies incurred losses worth EGP 21 billion (about $ 1.4 billion dollars) during the fiscal year 2018/2019. Mamdouh Al-Wali, the Egyptian economist and former head of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate, said that the Railway Authority came as…
People of displaced villages in Sinai are demanding to return to their homes
Hundreds of Egyptian Sinai residents organized a protest to demand returning to their homes in the villages controlled by the ISIS-affiliated Sinai Wilayet (province) militants. The demonstrators raised Egyptian flags and reached the outskirts of the villages from which they…
UN accuses Egypt of using the courts to silence dissidence
United Nations, human rights experts accused the Egyptian authorities of using the exceptional “terrorism circuit courts” to target human rights defenders, silence dissent, and imprison activists during the new Coronavirus outbreak. In a report on Thursday, UN experts expressed their…
29 sentences to death in Egypt during last September
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) monitored the issuance of death sentences against 29 defendants in 17 cases last September, in addition to 10 defendants in 3 cases whose papers were referred to the Mufti during the same month….
Khaled Ali: 1943 detained since the September 20 protests
On Saturday, Egyptian human rights lawyer Khaled Ali said that the Egyptian authorities arrested 1943 people connected with the September 20 protests. Ali added, in a statement on his Facebook page, that an approximate number of 1943 names were counted…
Journalist Basma Moustafa arrested and detained for covering Luxor protests
Journalist Basma Moustafa appeared, on Sunday, at the Supreme State Security Prosecution. The prosecution accused Basma of publishing false news and put her on parole for 15 days on case no. 959 of year 2020. On Saturday, al-Manassa news website…
Egypt’s George Floyd: A young man shot dead by police in Luxor
Al-Awamiya area of Luxor Governorate witnessed, in the early hours of Thursday morning, a street war between the Egyptian security forces and the families and neighbours of Awais al-Rawi, who was killed by the police. Security forces then fired tear…
Despite the protests, new fees are issued for train passengers
The Ministry of Transport announced the imposition of financial fees for the belongings of passengers of the National Authority of Egyptian Railways, which weigh more than 12 kilograms, under the pretext of maximising its revenues and compensating part of its…
Mohamed Ali calls on Egyptians to protest on ‘Friday of Victory’
The opposition actor and contractor Mohamed Ali called on the Egyptian people to protest against General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Friday, under the slogan “Friday of Victory.” In a video he broadcast on Facebook, Ali demanded that Egyptians go to…
Revolutionary socialists declare support for demonstrations against al-Sisi
The Revolutionary Socialists Movement in Egypt (leftist opposition) confirmed its support for the ongoing demonstrations for the eighth consecutive day against the policies of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, calling for the release of all detainees. A statement issued by the…
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