Axios: Imminent Saudi-Israeli-Egyptian agreement on Tiran and Sanafir
American news website Axios said the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are very close to reaching an understanding on a final agreement to transfer sovereignty over the islands of Tiran and Sanafir from Egypt to Saudi Arabia, ahead…
Egypt buys 815,000 tons of wheat for $380 million
On Wednesday, the General Authority for Supply Commodities contracted to purchase 815,000 tons of wheat for more than $380 million. This coincided with the World Bank’s approval of a $500 million loan to support Egypt’s efforts to ensure the continuation…
Egypt records the third suicide in less than a week
In a new tragic suicide, a young man in Cairo jumped from the top of a tall building on Sunday. Investigation authorities moved to the scene, kept the street’s surveillance cameras, spoke with eyewitnesses, and transferred the body to a…
Egyptian politician Sadat calls upon authorities to unblock independent news websites
Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat, the Reform and Development Party leader and a member of the National Council for Human Rights, released a statement on Monday criticizing the ongoing blockage of several independent news websites and media outlets by the Egyptian government….
10 Muslim Brothers sentenced to death in Egypt by emergency court
On Tuesday, the Emergency State Security Criminal Court sentenced ten members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death in the case known as the Helwan Brigades. It also sentenced 56 defendants to life imprisonment, 11 to 15 years in prison, and…
EIPR warns of deporting Yemeni asylum seekers in Egypt
On Thursday, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights issued a statement warning of the imminent forced deportation of Abd al-Baqi Saeed Abdo, 52, a Yemeni asylum seeker, who is being held in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist…
20 human rights groups demand the release of Mohamed El-Baqer
On Thursday, 20 human rights groups issued a statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, director of Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms. They said that El-Baqer’s detention was arbitrary and was intended…
CFJ calls on the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings to investigate Ayman Hadhoud’s death
The Committee for Justice has submitted a complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings regarding the extrajudicial killing of economist Ayman Hadhoud. The rights group said that under the pretext of combating terrorism, the administration of President Abdel…
An explosive device killed two tribal militants in Sinai
On Thursday, two members of the Sawarka tribe, which cooperates with the Egyptian Armed Forces in its war on terrorism in North Sinai, were killed in an explosion. A young man was also killed when an unidentified shell fell on…
Amnesty International: Alaa Abdel Fattah’s life is in danger
On Friday, Amnesty International issued a statement calling on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah and human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, coinciding with the passage of a thousand days since their arrest….
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