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Washington Post denounces the deteriorating of human rights in Egypt after al-Sisi’s alleged strategy

Washington Post addressed in its editorial the measures made by Egypt’s ruling regime, which the US respectful newspaper described as “dictatorial”, after declaring the so-called “National Strategy of Human Rights” that seemed in reality as a strategy to violate human…

A comical response from the Egyptian Ministry of Interior to complaints of violations of prisoners’ rights

A few days ago, a video circulated Egypt’s social media showing Dr. Mahmoud Ezzat (77 years old), the former acting guide of the Muslim Brotherhood who was arrested in August 2020, complaining to his court of the conditions of his…

The Egyptian government collects over EGP 2 billion in real estate taxes in less than 5 months

The Egyptian Real Estate Tax Authority collected more than 2 billion Egyptian pounds in less than five months, from the beginning of the fiscal year in July until the beginning of December. A source in the Ministry of Finance said…

Al-Sisi admits the high electricity prices exceeds the cost of the service

Monday, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the high electricity prices are not for the sake of high prices, but rather because there are other things related to the cost of the service, such as the quality of money collection and the…

ANHRI: Egypt witnessed 198 social and political protests in 2021

The Arab Network for Human Rights Information issued a report on labor and social protests in Egypt during the first half of December, which documented 13 protests, including 9 social protests and 4 labor protests. The protests varied and included…

Human Rights Watch criticizes the Egyptian regime over jailing businessman Safwan Thabit and his son

Safwan Thabet and his son, Seif, have been detained for months, Human Rights Watch said, after they refused to hand over their shares in their company, Juhayna, to a state-owned trading company. The rights organization also demanded the authorities to…

Land and real estate expropriations near the Egyptian pyramids provokes popular outrage

41 residents of the Nazlat al-Samman area in Giza filed a lawsuit before the State Council regarding a decision by the Prime Minister to expropriate their land and real estate. The lawsuit, against the Prime Minister, the Minister of Housing,…

Families of Egyptian political detainees in Gamsa complains intransigence

The Egyptian Network for Human Rights said that it had received many complaints from the families of political detainees in Gamasa General Prison, a high-security prison, due to the intransigence of the prison administration with them. The organization issued a…

Egypt’s minister of finance: Egyptian consumers have enough money to pay taxes

In televised statements, on Saturday, Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait justified the government’s decision to impose more taxes and fees on some goods and services, saying that consumers have enough money to pay. Maait added that the new taxes will…

Mohamed Hassan: A second detainee dies in Wadi El-Natron Prison within a month

Human rights organizations revealed the death of a detainee inside his prison cell in Wadi El-Natrun 430 Prison as a result of medical negligence. The detainee had suffered for a long time and underwent urgent surgery as a result of…