Egypt: Detained government critic Hisham Kassem begins hunger strike
The 64-year-old publisher and prominent activist is a founding member of the Free Current, a political alliance seeking to propose liberal alternatives to the military-controlled economic policies...
Human rights organizations: The son of former Egyptian parliamentarian Saad Amara died in mysterious...
Suhaib is one of four detained brothers, and their father, Saad Amara, the former MP for Damietta Governorate. Today, Wednesday, three Egyptian human rights organizations announced the...
Egypt’s Sisi feared arrest in South Africa over Rabaa crimes, ex-minister says
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi cancelled a trip to South Africa because he feared being arrested for his role in the Rabaa massacre, a former minister has said. The revelation...
Egypt: Army officer was on plane seized in Zambia, say reports
An Egyptian army major was reportedly aboard a private plane carrying millions of dollars in cash, gold, and weapons, that was seized by Zambian authorities earlier this week, open-source investigations...
Rabaa massacre: A decade on, Egypt remains clouded by denial
A decade ago, in the early morning hours of 14 August 2013, a haunting symphony of gunshots pierced the air, forever etching a somber tale into my...
Egypt: Ten years after Rabaa, families still in the dark over fate of missing...
It's 7:30pm and in Egypt's hopelessly gridlocked capital, the cacophonous symphony of honks and beeps ring out from the overcrowded streets. The sounds drown out the roars of...
Rabaa massacre: The founding social contract of Sisi’s new republic
Ten years since the biggest mass killing in the country's modern history, the state has decimated the public's right to dissent.
Ten years ago...
Egypt rebuffs US requests to arm Ukraine
Egypt has snubbed multiple requests from the US to send weapons to Ukraine, underlining how far Cairo is willing to go to maintain a neutral position on the...
How Sisi Ruined Egypt
The coup leader-turned-president promised Egyptians prosperity, but the country is flat broke.
Throughout much of the summer of 2013, Egypt was in the grips...
Memories of a Massacre: Documentary on Egypt’s Rabaa crackdown premieres
Nicky Bolster's documentary chronicles the killing of hundreds of protesters in Rabaa Square after Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power in 2013.
A documentary chronicling the...