CFJ: Human rights violations increased in Egyptian prisons in 2021
The Committee for Justice issued its 2021 report on detention centres in Egypt, in which it said that the human rights situation in Egypt witnessed significant changes, the most important of which was the abolition of the state of emergency…
Egypt cuts growth forecast for next year to 4.5%
The Egyptian government has reduced its target for growth in the next fiscal year, 2022-2023, to 4.5% after it had expected last March that it would reach 5.5%. This came during statements by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly while participating in…
Egypt issues 1 billion dollars in sovereign financial securities
The Egyptian government has announced that it is preparing to issue sovereign financial certificates worth one billion dollars in July to face the repercussions of economic crises and provide hard currency. This came in statements by the Egyptian Deputy Finance…
Israel urges the West to accept al-Sisi’s violations
An Israeli official has urged Western countries not to put pressure on the regime of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. “Israel understands the policies adopted by the Sisi regime at the internal level, specifically after the Muslim Brotherhood attempts to…
TUWS: Trade unions’ elections fraud handled by Egypt’s National Security
The Center for Trade-Unions and Workers Services issued a statement saying that it was able to document dozens of cases of National Security police interference that prevented employees and workers from running in the first phase of the union elections…
Social media campaign to release Alaa Abdel Fattah after his health deterioration
Monday, a social media campaign to release Alaa Abdel Fattah trended in Egypt after thousands of microblogs raised the demand on top of the hunger strike Abdel Fattah declared weeks ago. Laila Soueif, the mother of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel…
El-Nadeem Center: Egyptian prisons suffered 178 violations in April
El Nadeem Center against Violence and Torture has issued its new monthly report, Harvest of Repression, in which it documented 178 violations and five deaths in official detention facilities in Egypt. According to the report, the violations included 2 cases…
Human Rights Report: Egypt Subjects Political Activists to Systematic Re-imprisonment
The Transparency Centre for Research, Documentation and Data Management, in partnership with the Arab Foundation for Civil and Political Rights, documented that 1,764 pre-trial detainees have been subjected, after the end of their pre-trial detention periods or the issuance of…
The Egyptian government issued sovereign bonds in the Chinese Yuan
Finance Minister Mohamed Maait has said that Egypt aims to cooperate with China to issue Egyptian bonds denominated in yuan. Maait added, during his meeting with the Chinese ambassador in Cairo, Liao Liqiang, that the Egyptian government aims to cooperate…
The European Parliament criticizes the deteriorating human rights situation in Egypt
Members of the European Parliament’s Human Rights Subcommittee have sharply criticized their counterparts in the Egyptian Parliament’s Human Rights Committee during a joint session this week. Criticisms included the absence of fair trial guarantees, cases of torture, poor conditions inside…
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