Washington “disappointed” by the sentences against human rights defenders in Egypt
The US State Department said that it is disappointed by the sentences handed down to 3 prominent activists in Egypt. Reuters quoted US State Department spokesperson Ned Price as saying that US officials raised human rights issues with their Egyptian…
The New legislation restricts freedom of the press in Egypt
The Board of Directors of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) issued a statement confirming its approval of a legislative proposal to add a new article in Chapter Six of the Capital Market Law that includes a ban and criminalization of…
Universal’s workers start a new strike after the administration broke the previous deal
Workers of Universal Group for home appliances started a new strike protesting the administration non-adherence to the agreement signed by representatives of the administration last October with representatives from the workers and the union of workers in metal and engineering…
An Egyptian parliamentarian calls for transparency over corruption cases in the Ministry of Health
A member of the Egyptian House of Representatives from the Social Democratic Party, Freddy El-Bayadi, asked the Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, about the continued absence of Minister of Health Hala Zayed from the scene, and the vacancy of her important…
Egypt rejects Germany’s demand to release human rights activists
Egypt accused the German government of blatant and unjustified interference in the Egyptian internal affairs, and of judging a judicial track without evidence or objective support. Also, Egypt expressed its strong dissatisfaction with the statement issued by the German Foreign…
80% increase in construction materials shakes real estate market
The monthly publication of construction material prices, issued by the Ministry of Housing, Utilities & Urban Communities, revealed an 80 per cent increase in the prices for some materials compared with the prices of the same months last year. The…
100 days after ‘deceptive’ strategy human rights violations and executions continue
In conjunction with Human Rights Day, the Committee for Justice issued a press release which confirmed that the reality on the ground in Egypt 100 days after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi launched the National Human Rights Strategy on September…
Leaked call between two presidential advisors reveals widespread corruption
The recent episode of the Egyptian YouTuber Abdullah Sherif has generated widespread controversy after it broadcast a leak of presidential advisors coordinating bribes and commissions worth millions of pounds. The leak was a call phone between a former major-general, Farouk…
Egyptian and Saudi companies involved in trafficking maids
According to internal investigations conducted in January 2020, Facebook documented how a Saudi recruitment agency, in cooperation with an Egyptian marketing company, used Facebook to facilitate a labour trafficking network that uses women to work as servants in the Middle…
Families of Scorpion Prison detainees express concern over Hamdi Hassan’s death
The association of Scorpion Prison detainees’ families said that Hamdi Hassan, the ex-parliamentarian and Muslim Brotherhood senior official who died in the Scorpion Prison two weeks ago, was not the first victim in this disreputable prison. In a press release…
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