438 health care workers detained in Egypt
We Record human rights organisation has monitored 438 health care workers detained in Egyptian prisons since 2013. The organisation said that despite the severe shortage of medical staff that leads the Ministry of Health to request volunteers to confront the…
UNICEF calls for the release of detained children
UNICEF has called on governments and authorities around the world to immediately release all detained children so they can safely return to their families or social care centres. UNICEF has also called for an immediate halt of the imprisonment of…
World Health Organisation: Egypt must protect its doctors
John Jabbour, the representative of the World Health Organisation in Egypt, has said that 13 per cent of coronavirus infections in Egypt are health workers, stressing the need for the authorities to take more rigorous and rapid measures to protect…
Egypt: Medical staff on the frontline haven’t received their salaries
Doctor Ahmed Hussein Abdel Salam, a former member of the Medical Syndicate’s Council, has filed a complaint to the president concerning the conditions of the medical teams that work in the quarantine hospitals. Abdel Salam said that instead of paying…
Owner of Al-Borsa and Daily News Egypt arrested
The State Security Prosecution has ordered the detention of Mostafa Sakr, the owner of Business News, the publisher of Al-Borsa daily and Daily News Egypt news website, for 15 days on remand. Mohamed Saad, a staff member of the Syndicate…
A marginal decrease in the price of petrol disappoints Egyptians
The Fuel Pricing Committee has announced that petrol sales prices were reduced by only 3.3 per cent in the local market, despite the decline in oil prices in the global market by more than 70 per cent since the beginning…
Egypt authorities block Daaarb news website
Egyptian authorities have blocked Daaarb news website launched by the Socialist Popular Alliance Party a month ago, in a continuation of their policy to limit press freedoms. Khaled al-Balshi, the website’s editor-in-chief, said: “In the coming days, we will take…
Rights organisation files lawsuit against the prison authority
The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression have filed a lawsuit against the Egyptian prison authority asking them to allow the journalist and political activist Hassan Al-Banna’s family to send preventive health supplies and personal hygiene tools for protection…
Egypt railway fines increased
The Railways Authority has announced that the fines imposed on passengers without a ticket have increased to EGP 20 ($1) instead of EGP 10 ($0.63) and on air-conditioned trains to EGP 30 ($1.90) instead of EGP 20. The fine for…
Samsung closes Egypt factory for two weeks due to coronavirus
Samsung has announced the closure of its factory in Beni Suef for 14 days as a precaution after it discovered that four of its workers had been infected with coronavirus. The company said in its statement that all workers in…
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