Wife of detained Safwan Thabet dies after refusal of appeals to see him
Maryam Safwan Thabet, the daughter of a detained businessman and the founder of Juhayna Company, the largest producer of milk and bottled juices in Egypt, announced the death of her mother, Bahira El-Shawy, after a long struggle with cancer. Al-Shawi…
Dismissals and investigations with the workers on top of Maspero Media Protests
The administration of the National Media Authority issued a decision to terminate the service of Safaa El-Korbagy, the Journalist in the Radio & Television Magazine after the protests of the Authority’s workers that started three months ago. The dismissal of…
Egypt negotiates a new possible loan with IMF
Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the IMF, said that in the light of the sequence increases in the prices of food and power globally, she feels concerned about the results of that on the people of Egypt. She indicated…
International Concerns about the Execution of Seven Egyptians
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed its deep concerns related to the recent executions in Egypt. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the Egyptian authorities to the necessity of abolishing the death penalty. It urged…
ISIS kills Egyptian soldiers in Sinai
Ten regular soldiers along with seven militants of the state-sponsored tribal militias were killed and wounded in successive attacks by Wilayet Sinai, local ISIS branch, on separate areas of North Sinai Governorate, including the city of Al-Arish, according to military…
Human rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to stop arbitrary detention
Nineteen human rights organizations said that twelve detained activists have started a hunger strike since early February in protest of their prolonged pre-trial detention in the Tora prison complex, and their health is in danger due to the deterioration of…
Amnesty International calls on Egypt to prosecute officers involved in torturing detainees
Amnesty International has called on the Egyptian authorities to stop their reprisals against at least nine detainees, and three family members and friends, for publishing leaked videos of police abuse in a Cairo police station. The organization called for immediate…
Egyptian illegal migrants drown off the Libyan coast
Eighteen Egyptian migrants as well as a Syrian drowned in the Mediterranean, near Libyan shores. The boat, which was carrying 23 irregular immigrants, 20 Egyptians and three Syrians, had an engine failure, causing it to capsize due to high waves….
After Egyptian decision to ban food exports: FAO calls to stop non-export policies
The Ministry of Trade and Industry decided to ban the export of all kinds of oils, grits and corn, for a period of three months. Several days ago, the Ministry had banned the export of five other commodities: beans, lentils,…
Human rights organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities for indulgence in death sentences
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights issued a statement condemning the Egyptian authorities’ execution of seven people in two cases that contained incidents of political violence. 25The two cases are the case known as the “Helwan Microbus” and the case…
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