Deputy chairman of Strong Egypt Party released after 22 months in prison
The Supreme State Security Prosecution have released Mohammad Al-Qassas, deputy chairman of the Strong Egypt Party, after 22 months in prison, according to lawyer Khaled Ali. The prosecution accused Al-Qassas of promoting and participating in the preparation of fake news…
Egypt expat remittances decrease
Remittances from Egyptian expats decreased this year by about EGP 2.6 billion from last year, according to a report issued by the World Bank in October. The report expected that Egyptian remittances would reach $24.6 billion by the end of…
Enforced Disappearance: Days of terror expand in Egypt
“Take the light of my eyesight, but let me see my son.” In a case of collapse and weeping a bereaved father appealed to a photo affixed to the wall of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, asking him to disclose…
Exclusive: The arrest of producer Yasser Selim
On Friday (November 29) several Egyptian news websites related to the regime reported that the media producer Yasser Selim had been arrested. Several judicial verdicts had been issued against him in lawsuits regarding bounced cheques to one of the Egyptian…
Raising the Palestinian flag: The latest cause for arrest in Egypt
Egyptian parliament member Talaat Khalil questioned the Minister of Interior and the Minister of Youth and Sports about the arrest of a young man who raised the Palestinian flag at the Cairo stadium during a match between Egypt and South…
‘She had been sick from the start’: A strange justification for Aisha al-Shater’s deterioration
“She has been sick from the start,” Ahmed Mousa, a broadcaster close to the Egyptian regime, said, justifying the deteriorating health of Aisha, the daughter of the Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat al-Shater and a human rights activist. Mousa said on…
In Egypt, only foreign pressure can rescue journalists from arrest
In a rare incident in Egypt over the past six years, the Egyptian authorities released four journalists just hours after their arrest. The four journalists are affiliated with Mada Masr, one of the last remaining independent media outlets in Egypt….
Deprived of sun and air: a message from prisoners in Scorpion
A leaked message from the detainees inside the Scorpion wing of Tora Prison, “deprived of sun and water,” has revealed the extent of the suffering of prisoners in one of the most horrific prisons in Egypt and the Middle East….
Sinai: the siege intensifies and a new terror operation
A state of anger prevails among people living in the North Sinai governorate after the return of intensive security measures. The Egyptian Army is controlling the movement of goods into the governorate and a number of commodities have been banned…
Egypt amends appeals law to accelerate opposition trials
During its public session today the Egyptian parliament approved definitively and with a two-thirds majority to extend law no. 7 of 2016. The law aims to accelerate the trials of political opponents by modifying the appeals and procedures included in…
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