80% of tourist companies will not benefit from al-Sisi’s initiative
Head of the egyptian travel agents association Hussam Al-Shaer has said that 80 per cent of tourism sector companies will not be able to take advantage of the president’s initiative to provide loans with reduced interest, confirming that most of…
Despite calls for release of detainees, security services arrest more
The Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms said that the security services are carrying out an arrest campaign against activists in different governorates, ignoring the calls of human rights organisations to release the detainees in anticipation of an outbreak of…
Egyptian dies of medical negligence in Alexandria police station
Al-Shihab Centre for Human Rights has announced the death of Mohammed Kabakb in the Dekheila Police Station in Alexandria Governorate, due to medical negligence. The centre said in its statement that Kabakb was suffering from chronic asthma and hypertension, and…
The National Council for Human Rights calls on the government to release the prisoners
The National Council for Human Rights, a governmental institution, called in an official statement to expand the policy of health release for elderly detainees and those with chronic diseases, as part of the precautionary measures taken by the government to…
Egypt: 170 health care workers infected with Coronavirus
The number of health care workers infected with the new Coronavirus has increased to more than 170 cases according to official statistics from the Ministry of Health, while the Medical Syndicate today announced the death of a psychiatric consultant at…
Community for Justice: 11,000 violations in Egypt’s prisons during 2019
In its 2019 annual report on prison conditions in Egypt, the Community for International Justice monitored 11,290 violations in 94 detention places. The organisation monitored 819 incidents of overcrowding in places of detention, 331 cases of deprivation of personal necessities,…
EIPR: 49 death sentences and 21 pending in March
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights issued its monthly report on death sentences in March, documenting that the death sentence has been issued against 49 people. It also said that there are 21 pending death sentences awaiting the Grand Mufti’s…
Egypt’s Medical Syndicate calls for equating medical staff with war heroes
Egypt’s Medical Syndicate has called on both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health to equate medical staff who died of COVID-19 with war heroes. The union said that many doctors have been infected with coronavirus while working. Some…
New bill to obliges citizens to donate to Tahya Misr fund
The head of the Legislative Committee in the Egyptian Parliament, Bahaa el-Din Abu Shoka, has submitted a bill obliging citizens to donate to the Tahya Misr (Long Live Egypt) fund to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. Abu Shoka said that…
EGP 425 billion deficit in Egypt’s new budget
The budget for the new fiscal year 2020-2021 recorded an initial deficit of EGP 425 billion ($27 billion) as the initial estimate of revenue reached EGP 1.3 trillion ($82.5 billion) compared to EGP 1.7 trillion ($108 billion) allocated for expenses,…
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