Amnesty International: Egypt’s NSA uses systemic violations to intimidate activists into silence
On Wednesday, Amnesty International said that the National Security Agency in Egypt uses systemic violations against human rights and political activists. “Egypt’s feared National Security Agency is increasingly using a well-honed pattern of repeated summons, coercive questioning, arbitrary detention and torture –…
WHO warns COVID-19 cases are rising in Egypt
The World Health Organisation has warned of the rise of COVID-19 infections in five Middle East countries, including Egypt. WHO’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Doctor Ahmed Al-Manzari, said that Egypt, the Palestinian territories, Somalia, Syria and Yemen have…
NSA bargains with political detainees offering release in exchange for false testimonies
Mada Masr news website reported that officers from the National Security Agency began from August to hold meetings with political detainees in some prisons including Minya, Tora and Wadi Al-Natron, to convince them to quit any political activities and to…
US-UN ambassador: Human rights in Egypt is on the table
The US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has said that human rights all over the world are on the discussion table in the USA, including the situation of human rights and political detainees in Egypt. Thomas-Greenfield talked in a…
Human rights improvement in Egypt means new prisons
On Thursday, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced he was constructing the largest prison complex in Egypt, in Wadi Al-Natron, northeast of Egypt. Sisi added in a phone interview with Egyptian TV that the complex, which is to be opened within weeks,…
ENHR: Egyptian courts fail to achieve standards of justice
On Wednesday, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights said that the Egyptian authorities failed to identify with the basic standards of justice in exceptional courts, the State Security Court of Emergency in particular, which issues arbitrary death sentences against political…
UNSC urges Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia to reach ‘binding deal’ over Renaissance Dam
On Wednesday, the UN Security Council urged Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan to resume talks to reach “a binding deal within a reasonable timeframe” over the operation of the Renaissance Dam. The 15-member Security Council called, in a formal presidential statement…
Rights groups demand Biden’s administration be tougher to stop Egyptian regime’s violations
On Wednesday, 19 human rights organisations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, denounced the US administration’s decision to link a small part of US military aid to Egypt on progression on human rights. The organisations said in a joint…
ENHR: Suicide attempts in Scorpion Prison alarming
On Tuesday, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights warned of the remarkable increase in suicide attempts in Scorpion Prison, because of the inhumane, awful detention conditions and the continuous violations against the prisoners, such as prevention of visits and time…
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Israel’s Bennet finish talks in Sinai
On Tuesday, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi finished talks with Israel’s PM Neftali Bennet in Sharm El-Sheikh in the first official meeting in decades. The meeting was attended by the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and Egypt’s top spy, General Abbas Kamel,…
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