Hajj disaster: How more than 1,300 pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia as authorities failed to act
Omar*, an Egyptian in his 40s, considers himself a lucky survivor of Hajj. More than a thousand people, most of them Egyptians, have died of extreme heat during the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this month. Survivors and witnesses say the fatalities were largely…
Sixteen NGOs Urge EU to Ensure Human Rights Reforms in Egypt with Macro-Financial Assistance
We, the undersigned Egyptian, regional and international human rights organisations, urge the European Commission and member states to uphold international and EU law to ensure that macro-financial assistance to Egypt granted under EU regulations secures concrete, measurable, structural and timebound human…
Italy Must Review its Decision to Classify Egypt as a “Safe Country of Origin
41 civil society organizations express their deep concern for Italy’s decision to classify the Arab Republic of Egypt as a “safe country of origin”, under Legislative Decree No. 25/2008, paragraph 2-bis. We urge the Italian government to publicly disclose the…
Egypt: Girl ‘forcibly disappeared’ after demanding justice for father killed by police
Ali Salem was killed by police forces in broad daylight with a ‘close-range bullet to his head’, a rights group has said Egyptian security forces killed a farmer then forcibly disappeared his daughter who spoke out about his case, a rights…
Israel-Palestine war: Riled by Israel’s Gaza plans, Egypt pushes back
Egypt is telling the US that Israel’s stated goal to remove Hamas from governing the Gaza Strip is an unrealistic war aim, according to sources familiar with the matter. The warnings are being delivered regularly by Egyptian officials as Cairo…
Egypt ‘second most at risk of debt crisis after Ukraine’
Egypt is the country second most at risk of a debt crisis, coming just after war-torn Ukraine, according to analysis by Bloomberg. The data showed that, taking into account public debt, interest costs and yield on dollar bonds, Egypt’s economy was the most at…
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 of the Sisi government. Egyptian opposition activist Hisham Kassem has begun a hunger strike…
Human rights organizations: The son of former Egyptian parliamentarian Saad Amara died in mysterious circumstances inside his prison
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 detainee’s death, Suhaib Saad Emara, inside his prison cell in the New Valley…
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 was made by Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, a former minister of trade and…
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 have alleged. The names of five Egyptians aboard the chartered plane were revealed in a…
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