Record executions in Egypt after unfair trials
On the 19th
anniversary of World Day against the Death Penalty, the Egyptian Network for
Human Rights issued a statement to say that whilst most countries across the world...
Trial of Ziad Elaimy and other journalists begins
The Egyptian State Security Court held the first session in a trial for the journalists Hesham Fouad and Hossam Mo’nis as well as the parliamentarian Ziad Elaimy...
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi urges leaders on Arab-Israel normalisation
Abdel
Fattah Al-Sisi praised the decision of the late Egyptian President Mohamed
Anwar Al-Sadat to make peace with Israel in 1979 calling on the other Arab
leaders to follow suit.
Egypt’s government raises fuel prices for eighth time
The
Egyptian ministry of petroleum and metal resources announced an increase in
fuel prices starting from Friday for the third time in row in 2021.
The...
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi gives the signal for purging opponents from government
The Official Gazette has issued a decision
by Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to form a committee under the Prime Minister to review
the non-disciplinary dismissal decisions issued by the ministers.
Egypt’s government prevents disclosure of tourist numbers and occupancy rates
Egypt’s prime minister has directed
government ministers not to unveil any data regarding the number of tourists
and occupancy rates in hotels and tourist resorts.
The...
IFJ demands Egyptian authorities release jailed journalist Abdel Nasser Salama
The International Federation of
Journalists issued a statement demanding the Egyptian authorities immediately
release the Egyptian journalist and ex-editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram newspaper,
Abdel Nasser Salama, who is on hunger strike.
Amnesty International demands Egyptian authorities release researcher Patrick George Zaki
Amnesty International announced solidarity
with the Egyptian researcher, Patrick George Zaki, who was tried by the State
Security Court for Emergency in Egypt on charges related to his work...
Italian Parliamentary Committee demands British government end friendly relations with Sisi
The Italian Parliamentary Committee for
investigating the murder of the Italian researcher Giulio Regeni in Egypt,
announced that it will head to Cambridge to meet with representatives from
Cambridge University,...
10 human rights organisations demand immediate release of political activist Abdel Rahman Tarek
Ten human rights organisations have called
on the Egyptian authorities, in a joint statement, to immediately release the
detained political activist, Abdel Rahman Tarek, known as Mocha, and to...