Daughter of parliamentarian detained for criticising the government
The State Security Prosecution has imprisoned political activist Noha Kamal al-Din, the daughter of the MP Kamal al-Din Ahmed, for 15 days pending investigations on charges of spreading false news about the spread of coronavirus in Egypt. Security forces in…
Egypt TV presenter grills minister of transport on crowded metros
A verbal dispute arose between the journalist Wael al-Ibrashi and General Kamel Al-Wazeer, the Minister of Transport, during the nine o’clock news on Egyptian TV, after Al-Ibrashi presented photos and videos clips of the crowded metro in Cairo. Al-Ibrashi criticised…
Doctors protest insufficient salary raise
General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has announced an increase in the medical profession allowance by 75 per cent for all health care workers in Egypt, and an exceptional reward from the Long Live Egypt Fund for workers in isolation, fever, chest…
Terror attack on army checkpoint in Sinai
The Islamic State group in Sinai has launched a terrorist attack on an Egyptian army security checkpoint in the city of Bir al-Abd in Sinai, killing five soldiers, including an officer. Local sources said that the militants detonated an explosive…
Coronavirus: Government isolates homes in Port Said and Mahalla
The Ministry of Health has isolated the village of Al-Hayatam in the city of Mahalla after the number of cases of the novel coronavirus in the village increased to 10, and 22 others are suspected of being infected. Security forces…
Two coronavirus infections in Tora Prison
The Egyptian Front for Rights and Freedoms has published a report in which it said that it knew from its sources that there were two coronavirus infections in Tora Prison where thousands of political opponents and criminal prisoners are being…
Panic in the affluent Fifth Settlement neighbourhood after 5 coronavirus deaths
A state of panic has taken hold in the Fifth Settlement neighbourhood of the Egyptian capital Cairo because of a series of deaths from coronavirus infection in the area that is locally known as “the neighborhood of the rich.” The…
A map of coronavirus infections in Egypt
The Health Ministry has published a map of the spread of coronavirus infections in Egyptian governorates up until March 29. The map did not provide details of the neighbourhoods or cities within the governorates, but it mentioned the governorates in…
Coronavirus: Partial strike at Tora Prison
The Revolutionary Socialist Movement has announced that about 100 detainees in Tora Prison have started a partial hunger strike in protest at the absence of suitable measures inside the prison to prevent the spread of coronavirus among the detainees. In…
Leaked army document reveals high number of COVID-19 infection rates in 5 governorates
We Record human rights monitoring organisation has published on its Facebook page a top-secret military document addressed to military units in five Egyptian provinces that have high infection rates of the novel coronavirus. The document orders a suspension of leave…
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