A crowded schedule for debt installments in 2020
General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime stands in a difficult position during the current year 2020, amid commitments to pay foreign debts, debt installments, and high interest rates. The Egyptian predicament is exacerbated by the continued resort of the regime to…
Egypt: Violations against journalists intensify
Egypt ranks 163 out of 180 countries in the Reporters without Borders (RSF) World Press Freedom Index, due to media restrictions that limit the independence of the press. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Egypt is the third largest…
Egypt retracts inclusion of media as terror entity after foreign pressure
The Egyptian parliament has retracted the inclusion of satellite channels in the Terrorist Entities Law, which was approved in principle and referred to the State Council for its opinion in accordance with the constitution. During the plenary session, the House…
New victims die in Egypt’s prisons from medical negligence
Two detainees have died in Egyptian prisons and detention centres in 24 hours as a result of medical negligence, raising the death toll in prisons in Egypt since the beginning of this year to more than 10. The Egyptian citizen…
Yasser Al-Baz: The Canadian detainee chasing al-Sisi in Africa
General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi did not expect that Canadian detainee Yasser al-Baz would chase him in Ethiopia while he was attending the African Union summit. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised Yasser’s plight during his meeting with al-Sisi on the…
Cairo Airport: A trap for Egypt’s regime opponents
While airports are supposed to be safe places through which people travel to new countries, opponents of the Egyptian regime view Cairo Airport as a trap for anyone who criticises General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime. These charges became more urgent…
Coronavirus affects Egypt’s economy
Although Egyptian authorities have announced that no new cases of coronavirus have been recorded, the virus appears to have affected the Egyptian economy. Sources in the Suez Canal Authority in Egypt expected that the Suez Canal revenues would be affected…
Egypt uses pre-trial detention to take revenge on opponents
On Wednesday, Reporters without Borders (RSF) called for the immediate release of three Egyptian journalists who have been in administrative detention for two years. RSF condemned the use of administrative detention to imprison journalists arbitrarily in Egypt. RSF said in…
Al-Sisi is heading east: Egypt is the third-largest country borrowing from Russia
Egypt has emerged among the largest countries that obtained loans from Russia. Egypt came almost third after Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are two neighbors of Russia, and they were also part of the Soviet Union, which means that…
Al-Sisi`s prestigious prize turns into a scandal in Germany
While the Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was preparing to be honoured in Germany with the Order of St George at the Semper Opera Ball, the prestigious prize erupted into a major scandal and the awards ceremony was cancelled. Al-Sisi…
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