Egypt news outlet raided after report on Sisi’s son
Egypt’s security services on Sunday raided the office of Mada Masr, one of the last remaining independent media outlets in the country, in another sign of the diminishing space for freedom of expression under the regime of President Abdel Fattah…
Exclusive: EgyptWatch to host Mohamed Ali in London
Egypt Watch is hosting former Egyptian army contractor Mohamed Ali on his first visit outside Spain. It is a privilege to announce that we are organising an international press conference for Ali in London this week to announce his future plans….
Egypt newspaper incites murder of anti-Sisi artists – Middle East Monitor
Egyptian newspaper Al-Dustour published a photo of 6 Egyptian artists who have spoken out against the Sisi regime wishing them death “Death snatches the flower of promising young men and leaves others. God has his wisdom,” reads the caption over…
U.S. presses Egypt on alleged torture, mass arrests at U.N. review
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States and other Western countries urged Egypt on Wednesday to investigate alleged killings and torture by its security forces and to release journalists and others arrested for exercising their right to freedom of expression. Egypt…
Egypt: Judges angry as Sisi’s brother gains influence
Discontent is swelling among high-ranking Egyptian judicial sources angry about the growing influence of Al-Sisi’s brother, Counselor Ahmed Al-Sisi, sources have told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Ahmed Al-Sisi has played a central role in selecting the heads of judicial bodies, including the…
Egypt rights activists slam government tour of infamous Cairo prison as ‘staged’
Egypt’s interior ministry has organised a tour of its most infamous prison, just days after a panel of United Nations experts warned that thousands of prisoners were at risk of dying in Egyptian jails. Senior interior ministry officials paid a…
Egypt’s parliament approves extending state of emergency for 3 months
CAIRO, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — Egypt’s parliament, House of Representatives, approved on Monday a presidential decree extending the state of emergency in the country for further three months starting from October 27, 2019, official news agency MENA reported. “Declaring a…
Egypt forces kill dozens of militants in Sinai
Egyptian army forces have killed 83 militants as part of a security campaign in the restive Sinai Peninsula, according to a military spokesman on Monday. In a statement, Colonel Tamer al-Refai said 77 militants have also been arrested in northern…
Egypt’s army companies should be floated: Sisi
CAIRO (Reuters) – Companies owned by Egypt’s military must be allowed to sell shares on the stock exchange alongside other state companies slated for privatization, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday. Last year, the government said it planned to sell…
‘I was whipped with metal chains in an Egyptian prison’
For Ibrahim Halawa, what began as a family holiday in 2013 became four years in an Egyptian prison. The Irish Egyptian student was arrested at a Cairo mosque after a sit-in protest descended into clashes with security forces. He was…
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