Suspected coronavirus infections in Egypt’s prisons rise to 225
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) human rights organisation has announced that the number of detainees suspected of being infected with coronavirus has risen to 225. These statistics...
A year after Morsi’s death justice is still absent
Although a year has
passed since the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically
elected civilian president in the country's history, died in prison while
attending his trial session, mystery...
The “September arrests” signify the General’s Autumn
September 28, 2019
Less than a week after the rare demonstrations organised by opponents of the Egyptian regime, the number...
COVID-19 infection rate mounts in Egypt
The Egyptian Ministry of Health has recorded high rates of coronavirus infections as the number of people infected with the virus reached 1,497 over the weekend. According...
CPJ: Egypt is one of the world’s worst jailers of journalists
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, China, Turkey, and Iran topped the list of countries that imprison the largest number of journalists in the world, according to a report by...
9 years since the January revolution and the sequels of its defeat
This month marks the ninth anniversary of the Egyptian revolution that broke out on 25 January 2011. The
revolution ousted former President Hosni Mubarak and stopped his son,...
Egypt hits a new record in the daily number of COVID 19 infections
The rate of daily infections with the Coronavirus, in Egypt, reached an unprecedented leap, Friday, and touched the barrier of 500 new cases, one day after the...
Al-Sisi uses Libya to escape from internal crises
The Egyptian regime has launched a major media campaign to
reject Turkish interference in Libya and to mobilise actors,
journalists, electronic committees and various media outlets, in
support of an...
Egypt: COVID-19 deaths among political prisoners mount
Egyptian human rights sources said that the Egyptian political detainee, Hassan Ziada, died inside his detention centre in the police station of Al-Mahalla Al-Kubra in Gharbia Governorate,...
Al-Sisi’s new budget: Stealing from the poor to support the billionaires
The new fiscal
year starts on July 1. This year’s new budget is far worse than that of the
previous one. The parliament approved the government’s plan, which included
some...