Hamas lashes out at Egypt with threats of escalation against Israel
Hamas has lashed out at the Egyptian authorities and expressed dissatisfaction with their reluctance to implement what was pledged for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and facilitating the movement of Palestinians through the Rafah border crossing. None of Egypt’s…
Human casualties in Sinai increasing every day due to ISIS attacks
On Saturday, two elements of the Egyptian army’s supportive tribal groups were killed by Wilayat Sinai, which is affiliated with the terrorist group of ISIS in the northeast of Sinai Governorate. According to tribal sources, the group ambushed several tribal…
Sinai for Human Rights: Disclose leaks prove military involvement in systematic violations
Sinai for Human Rights has issued a statement confirming that the leaked French military documents, which revealed the involvement of the Egyptian army in the killing of hundreds of civilians in the Western Desert since 2016, targeted civilian smugglers and…
12 human rights organisations criticise ‘disappointing’ US-Egypt strategic dialogue
Twelve independent human rights organisations have filed a letter to the US Secretary of State in response to the disappointing, in its words, US-Egypt strategic dialogue which it held a few days ago in Washington DC. The organisations mentioned that…
Italian parliamentary panel denounces halt to Regeni trial
An Italian parliamentary panel from all parties has officially accused the Egyptian security apparatus of killing the Italian Ph.D. student Giulio Regeni in 2016 in Cairo. According to a report issued by the panel, the investigation conducted by the public…
Presidential decree imposes 10% customs tariffs on mobile phone calls in Egypt
The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has decided to impose an increase of 10 per cent of customs tariffs on imported mobile phones and any other wireless networks. The customs tariff is calculated considering the total import cost that includes…
CFJ highlights that Egypt’s prosecution ignores prisoner complaints
The Committee for Justice association issued its semi-annual report about violations committed inside Egyptian prisons and detention places. The report title is, “We decided to close the investigation: Mechanisms of complaint and reporting of human rights violations in Egypt in…
Sisi ratifies 25 extraordinary freedom-restricting measures under covid
On Monday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ratified 25 extraordinary procedures after the issuance of law no. 152/ 2021 related to the procedures combating epidemics and pandemics approved by the cabinet. The most notable articles included restrictions on individuals’ movement….
Coronavirus infection outbreak in Scorpion Prison in Egypt
Over the last 10 days, We Record human rights organisation monitored the presence of suspected cases of infection in more than one ward of the 992 high-security Scorpion Prison. The organisation confirmed that it recorded the rejection of the prison’s…
Hamdy Hassan: Ex-parliamentarian passes away in Scorpion Prison after 8 years of detention
Human rights organisations announced the death of the former parliament member and doctor Hamdy Hassan in detention in the High-Security Scorpion Prison, after eight years of arbitrary detention. On 19 August 2013 the security forces arrested him as he had…
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