Shahat Abdel Azim: Political detainee dies with suspected medical negligence
Human rights groups have said that detainee Shahat Abdel Azim Ibrahim died inside the medical centre in Wadi al-Natrun prison after his health deteriorated due to medical negligence. The Egyptian Network for Human Rights said that Ibrahim’s health deteriorated due…
IMF demands Egypt achieve a crucial downsize of the state’s economic role
Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund urged Egypt to achieve significant progress regarding the financial and structural reforms. That includes more flexibility in the EGP exchange rate, promoting the private sector’s competitiveness, reducing the state’s role in the economy and improving…
Egypt’s FM addresses the UN Security Council on Ethiopia’s continuous filling of the Renaissance Dam
On Friday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that his country objects to Ethiopia’s continuation of filling the Renaissance Dam unilaterally. Shoukry said that his country considers this a clear violation of the Declaration of Principles Agreement signed by the…
Eight Human Rights Organizations Call for Final Closure of NGO Foreign Funding Investigation
In a joint statement, eight human rights organizations demanded a genuine and comprehensive closure of case no. 173 of 2011 and all the consequent decisions that have deprived several advocates of their rights, freezing their assets and banning them from…
Wadi El-Natron Prison denies Alaa Abdel Fattah family visits
Laila Soueif, the mother of imprisoned political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, said that the administration of Wadi El-Natron Prison prevented her from visiting him for the third day. Abdel Fattah’s family questioned why the prison administration told them, expressing concern…
Sinai for Human Rights: North Sinai suffers from the grim reality
In a recent report, Sinai for Human Rights revealed the grim reality of human rights in North Sinai, stressing that practices committed by the two parties to the conflict, the Egyptian Armed Forces and the terrorist Sinai Province, amount to…
A senior cop in Tora Prison assaulted Ahmed Doma for demanding medical care
Journalist Nourhan Hefzy said that her ex-husband, imprisoned political activist Ahmed Doma, was assaulted by the head of the Tora Prison, adding that his family demanded the official authorities investigate. Muhammad Doma said that his brother was physically and verbally…
Family demands releasing journalist Hisham Fouad after his health deterioration
Madiha Hussein, the wife of imprisoned journalist Hisham Fouad, has said that he had contracted the Coronavirus, calling on the Ministry of Interior to release him due to his poor health conditions. Hussein explained that Fouad suffers from shortness of…
No dialogue with the regime without releasing opinion prisoners says Socialist Popular Alliance
On Wednesday, Medhat al-Zahid, head of the Socialist People’s Alliance Party, one of the Civil Democratic Movement parties, revealed that the movement affirmed during the second session of the National Dialogue Board of Trustees its adherence to the terms it…
Human rights report: The National Dialogue is a dishonest initiative
On Tuesday, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies issued a paper on the National Dialogue, a presidential initiative for dialogue with the opposition, in which it said that the dialogue is not aimed at initiating a reform process or…
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