Sisi’s new amnesty committee reproduce the failures of their predecessors
In late April, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi announced the reactivation of the work of the “presidential pardon committee”, which is responsible for facilitating the release of political detainees, as part of what was described as a “political reform process” to…
Egyptian government requires Indian wheat to be fumigated with highly toxic insecticide
The Egyptian government, represented by the Egyptian Agricultural Quarantine of the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, has decided to use an aluminium phosphide pesticide to fumigate wheat coming from India at specific doses, according to the document we got. Aluminium phosphide…
RSF confirms the continued deterioration of press freedom in Egypt
Egypt ranked 168th in the Reporters Without Borders index of press freedom out of 180 countries included in the index, declining two places in the classification compared to the situation in 2021. This is the worst rank recorded by Egypt…
Egypt borrows and wastes debts on unproductive projects
Some economists have criticized the current policies of the Egyptian government, especially those related to investment in areas that do not achieve a good return, such as some industrial cities that cost billions of pounds and export minimal production to…
Egypt’s secret police arrests social media comedians for mocking the high prices
The Egyptian security forces arrested three citizens known as Zorafaa El Ghalaba for posting satirical videos about Tik Tok’s high prices. The three were referred to the Supreme State Security Prosecution in Cairo, which decided to imprison them for 15…
Al-Sisi turns Egypt into a large prison for dissidents by preventing them from travelling
The prominent human rights lawyer and former presidential candidate, Khaled Ali, revealed that he is still banned from travelling despite a judicial decision to cancel the travel ban against him following the 2018 presidential elections. Ali is an example of…
Sami Abdel Rahim: Egyptian judge tried Muslim Brothers now accused of bribery and drug dealing
Amid a complete media blackout, the security services in Egypt arrested Counselor Sami Abdel Rahim, head of the Criminal and Supreme State Security Court in Port Said, on charges of receiving bribes to issue reduced sentences to some of the…
A parliamentary report reveals financial and administrative scandals in the Egyptian government
The final account report of Egypt’s general budget for the fiscal year 2021/2020 revealed corruption and a massive administrative failure of the government, which led to the wasting of hundreds of millions of pounds without accountability or oversight. According to…
Egypt’s strategic wheat reserve is only enough for two months
The Egyptian government is currently facing a severe crisis because of the shortage in strategic wheat stocks, which has forced it these days to supply half of the prescribed quantity of flour to bakeries. The General Commodity Supply Authority of…
Sisi’s catastrophic strategy: Egypt’s foreign debt rose 12.6% in one year
Egypt’s external debt rose to $145.5 billion at the end of December 2021, compared to $129.2 billion at the end of December 2020, with a growth rate of 12.6% in one year. According to the data of the Central Bank…
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