Mada Masr journalists to trial for unveiling financial scandals in a state-sponsored political party

The Guardian published this report shortly after the arrest of Egyptian journalists in a new campaign launched by the Egyptian government against dissenting voices: Three journalists from...

Egyptian emergency court sentences 30 human rights defenders to long-term imprisonment

An Egyptian emergency court has sentenced 30 defendants to life, including Aisha Khairat al-Shater, daughter of the Muslim Brotherhood's deputy general guide Khairat al-Shater, and human rights...

Political activist Mohamed Adel kept in pretrial detention for a new case

On Saturday, Egyptian political activist Mohamed Adel was referred for investigation on terrorism-related charges. Lawyer Nabih Al-Janadi said that the first session of Adel's trial would be...

Sisi’s demand for the people to report each other creates a police state

On February 26, while the president was inspecting the alignment of mechanisms to start the new "national" projects in the Sinai, with "the end of the war...

Rights groups express deep concern about abuses in Badr Prison Complex

Nineteen human rights groups have issued a joint statement expressing their deep concern about the grave violations and abuses committed by the Egyptian authorities in the Badr...

Belgium’s parliament urges the Egyptian government to stop violations of human rights

On Thursday, the Belgian parliament urged its government to take a firm position against abuses and violations of human rights in Egypt. Most parliamentarians...

An Egyptian army officer was killed and four soldiers wounded in South Sinai

On Tuesday, an Egyptian army officer was killed, and four soldiers were wounded in an attack by Islamic State – Sinai Province militants in South Sinai.

Société Générale says the Egyptian pound would depreciate by about 10%

On Saturday, Société Générale predicted that the value of the Egyptian pound would soon depreciate by about 10%. Egypt suffers from unprecedented inflation, which reached 31.2% last...

Egypt: Flagrant Human Rights Abuses Documented In Badr Prison Complex

The Committee for Justice, an independent association for the defence of human rights based in Geneva, Switzerland, has published a report on the dire conditions in Egyptian...

The State Security Affairs Office refuses to ratify the ruling that acquitted six people

On Saturday, human rights lawyer Khaled Al-Masry said that the State Security Affairs Office refused to ratify a ruling issued by an Emergency State Security Court that...