Amnesty International calls on Egypt to release detainees of September 2019 uprising
Amnesty International has called on Egypt to release the people detained in the September 20 demonstrations of last year, estimated then to be 4,000 people. Only little more than half of them have been released so far. In a tweet…
Hunger strike in Scorpion Prison protesting death of detained psychiatrist
Detainees in Scorpion Prison announced their hunger strike, in a statement on Monday, in protest to the death of the consultant psychiatrist, Dr. Amr Abu Khalil. Under the title of a statement to the world’s free detainees from Scorpion Prison,…
Egypt orders end to commercial licences for Syrians
The Egyptian Minister of Local Development, Major General Mahmoud Shaarawi, issued a circular to all Egyptian governors and their deputies, prohibiting new licences for commercial shops owned by Syrians in Egypt, or those which they share ownership. The decision stressed…
Protests in west Cairo after young man tortured to death in police station
Dozens of Egyptians protested in front of Munib Police Station (west of Cairo), Monday and Tuesday night, after the death of a citizen, Islam the Australian, due to police torture. Eyewitnesses said that the incident began when the governor of…
Egypt has lost 90,000 acres of agricultural land since the 1980s
The Egyptian Prime Minister, Moustafa Madbouly, has said that Egypt has lost 90,000 acres of agricultural land since the 1980s. During a press conference on reconciliation over construction violations in Egypt, Madbouly announced that random and unplanned construction has placed…
Al-Sisi changes name of national security authority
Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed a law that restores the National Security Sector’s name to the State Security Investigation Service, more than nine years after its dissolution. The Egyptian State Security Investigation (SSI) was dissolved in the aftermath…
Convalescent plasma for sale on Egypt’s black market
The Egyptian authorities’ attempts to combat the coronavirus using blood plasma have launched a black market for plasma bags from recovered patients to newly infected patients. The plasma bags were illegally traded, reaching more than EGP 20,000 ($1,200) per pack….
60,000 employees transferred to the New Administrative Capital in first half of 2021
The Prime Minister’s Advisor for Administrative Reform, Hani Mahmoud, announced the Egyptian government’s intention to transfer between 50,000 and 60,000 employees to the new administrative capital during the first half of 2021. He pointed out that the Prime Minister had…
Call for a popular revolution against al-Sisi on 20 September
The Egyptian dissident businessman residing abroad, Mohamed Ali, has called for widespread protests against the ruling regime in Egypt, calling on Egyptians to revolt against General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Ali launched the hashtag “Go Down to the Streets 20 September”…
Psychiatrist Amr Abu Khalil dies in Scorpion Prison
Egyptian media announced the death of the detained psychological counsellor, Dr. Amr Abu Khalil (58 years), brother of the human rights defender, Haitham Abu Khalil, in Scorpion high-security prison. On Sunday, Abu Khalil died after a year of detention (without…
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