Despite financial crisis: Egyptian government intensifies work on Cairo Monorail
The Egyptian Minister of Transport, Kamel Al-Wazir, has said that the government is intensifying its work on the Cairo Monorail, which aims to link Greater Cairo with new cities. Although the country is facing a severe economic crisis, the government…
Egyptian Working Group on Human Rights: The situation in Egypt witnessed no tangible improvements
The Egyptian Working Group for Human Rights has said that the human rights situation in Egypt has not witnessed tangible improvements. On the contrary, it added, human rights violations are systematically escalating. The group was formed in 2018 by local…
In Egypt: Six persons sentenced to death for unknown terrorist acts!
An Egyptian court has issued death sentences against six people and punished another with life imprisonment. The prosecution accused them of financing and joining a terrorist group, disturbing public order and endangering society’s safety, interests and security, obstructing the provisions…
The Egyptian authorities block leading human rights group’s website
On Saturday, the director of the Egypt Program at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Mohamed Zaree, said that the human rights group’s website was blocked in Egypt after publishing a statement submitted by human rights organizations to the…
NYT: Inflation Is So High in Egypt That Eggs Are a Luxury
The New York Times has issued a report highlighting Egypt’s deteriorating economic and living conditions and the weak purchasing power of large segments of citizens. “Around the time Egypt’s currency hit an all-time low, an article this month on the…
Sudanese authorities intend to deport nine Egyptian dissidents
The Egyptian Network for Human Rights has said that the Sudanese authorities intend to deport nine Egyptian dissidents to their country. Four were sentenced to life imprisonment, and five were sentenced to two years in Egypt, according to the human…
The Economist: To save Egypt’s economy, get the army out of it
On Thursday, The Economist published a report on the economic situation in Egypt and pointed to the deep crisis in the country. “To the list of spectacular ruins across Egypt, you can now add its economy. The Egyptian pound lost…
El-Nadeem documents 3,949 human rights violations in Egypt in 2022
On Wednesday, the El-Nadeem Center against Violence and Torture said it had documented 3,949 human rights violations in Egypt in 2022. The violations included 49 cases of killing, 42 cases of torture, 339 cases of illegal punishment, 308 cases of…
Amnesty International recalls human rights violations of Sisi and Modi
On Thursday, Amnesty International issued a statement recalling the human rights violations of the regimes of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in conjunction with El-Sisi’s visit to India. “[National] celebrations should not distract us…
UN human rights experts call on Egypt to provide adequate health care to Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh
On Thursday, United Nations human rights experts called on the Egyptian authorities to provide adequate and appropriate health care to imprisoned former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh. Aboul Fotouh was arrested in February 2018 and sentenced by a court…
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