Record executions in Egypt after unfair trials
On the 19th anniversary of World Day against the Death Penalty, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights issued a statement to say that whilst most countries across the world have abolished or frozen the death penalty, Egypt has gone the…
Trial of Ziad Elaimy and other journalists begins
The Egyptian State Security Court held the first session in a trial for the journalists Hesham Fouad and Hossam Mo’nis as well as the parliamentarian Ziad Elaimy in the case known in the media as “the case of suggestion,” as…
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi urges leaders on Arab-Israel normalisation
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi praised the decision of the late Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat to make peace with Israel in 1979 calling on the other Arab leaders to follow suit. Sisi’s statement was made at a symposium with the Egyptian…
Egypt’s government raises fuel prices for eighth time
The Egyptian ministry of petroleum and metal resources announced an increase in fuel prices starting from Friday for the third time in row in 2021. The governmental petroleum products auto-pricing committee, which is assigned to review fuel prices quarterly, decided…
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi gives the signal for purging opponents from government
The Official Gazette has issued a decision by Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to form a committee under the Prime Minister to review the non-disciplinary dismissal decisions issued by the ministers. The decision says that the committee is to be headed by…
Egypt’s government prevents disclosure of tourist numbers and occupancy rates
Egypt’s prime minister has directed government ministers not to unveil any data regarding the number of tourists and occupancy rates in hotels and tourist resorts. The head of the tourist companies chamber in Luxor, Tharwat Al-Agamy, explained the direction with…
IFJ demands Egyptian authorities release jailed journalist Abdel Nasser Salama
The International Federation of Journalists issued a statement demanding the Egyptian authorities immediately release the Egyptian journalist and ex-editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram newspaper, Abdel Nasser Salama, who is on hunger strike. The statement urged the Egyptian authorities to drop the charges…
Amnesty International demands Egyptian authorities release researcher Patrick George Zaki
Amnesty International announced solidarity with the Egyptian researcher, Patrick George Zaki, who was tried by the State Security Court for Emergency in Egypt on charges related to his work on human rights research. The international human rights organisation demanded the…
Italian Parliamentary Committee demands British government end friendly relations with Sisi
The Italian Parliamentary Committee for investigating the murder of the Italian researcher Giulio Regeni in Egypt, announced that it will head to Cambridge to meet with representatives from Cambridge University, where Regeni was studying for his PhD. “We are not…
10 human rights organisations demand immediate release of political activist Abdel Rahman Tarek
Ten human rights organisations have called on the Egyptian authorities, in a joint statement, to immediately release the detained political activist, Abdel Rahman Tarek, known as Mocha, and to end all violations against him. The demands come weeks after Mocha…
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