Suicide and more poverty: Cost of living crisis spoils Egyptian lives
A few days ago, a married couple, over 50 years old, from the village of Dakma in the Menoufia Governorate, committed suicide by eating a poisonous grain, leaving behind six children, to escape the hardship of living, the accumulation of…
Abusing terrorism charges: Muslim Brotherhood prisoners absent from human rights agenda
After the military coup led by Egyptian Minister of Defense (current President) Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, in July 2013, against President Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically elected civilian president in modern Egyptian history, the Egyptian authorities launched a brutal crackdown. They…
Egypt bans a prominent human rights activist from entering the country to participate in the COP27 because of his anti-torture activism
On November 10, the Egyptian authorities at Cairo International Airport prevented Italian human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo, deputy director of international programs at the Danish Institute Against Torture (Karama), from entering Egypt to attend the United Nations Climate Conference (COP…
Egyptian security violations against COP27 participants embarrass Egypt
The German Federal Police has warned its country’s delegation to the Climate Conference “COP 27”, which is currently being held in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, that they may be vulnerable to spying from Egyptian security agents, according to…
COP27: Biden gave Sisi free praise and climate finance
COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh received US president Joe Biden on Friday in the first US participation after overturning Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement of 2015. Biden pledged that his country would adhere to the outcomes of the previous…
Egypt Healthcare and Military Domination (1)
The term “military hegemony” has been defined as the process of transforming society categories into military units mostly based on a conflict management method. Unfortunately, the military seize all affairs of power, in reliance on their ranks, in absence of…
Why did the 11/11 protest call fail?
At 03:00 pm, Qasr Elnil Bridge in the middle of Cairo appears empty of any walkers or cars. At first glance, you might suspect that Cairo is under broad civil disobedience instead of the usual noise of the weekend. This…
Potential trap: Egypt awaits climate finance in COP27
Egypt receives delegations from nearly 200 Sharm El-Sheikh countries to participate in the United Nations Climate Summit (COP27) between 6 and 18 November. The conference will be held during the escalating global energy crisis, the prospects of an unprecedented recession…
Alaa Abdel Fattah: Hours passed with the Egyptian response to the Egyptian detainee’s critical case
In parallel to launching COP27, an Egyptian blogger and political prisoner Alaa Abdel Fattah started a total hunger strike two days ago, stopping drinking water after a partial strike from food for over 200 days. Alaa’s family said he felt…
Excessive loaning and unwise investment led to the all-time decline of the Egyptian pound
Along with declaring a new deal with the International Monetary Fund to get USD 3 billion in loans, the Central Bank of Egypt started a recent devaluation of the Egyptian pound, letting it record an all-time decline against the US…
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