The Egyptian army’s economy: dominance, corruption, and huge gains
The Egyptian military has been involved in the economy over the past 70 years, since Abdel Nasser to be precise, yet its role has expanded significantly since Sisi seized power in 2013. Sisi chose an economic model based on mega…
Corruption in the Egyptian health sector has no end
Without warning, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Acting Minister of Health, dismissed Dr. Karim Salam from his position as Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Cairo, ending his assignment as Director of the Central Chamber…
Why did Egypt send a military team to Yemen?
Intelligence Online has reported that Egypt has sent a team of military experts to the Yemeni governorate of Shabwah, to work alongside Alweyet Al-Amaleka (The Giants Brigades), the Emirati-sponsored dominant militia in Yemen. This coincided with the visit of Abdel…
Egypt’s Tarek Marzouk is the mastermind behind the brutal treatment of prisoners
Though little is known about him, Major General Tarek Marzouk, the Assistant Minister of Interior for Prisons, is the man responsible for the worst human rights crisis in decades under the government of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Under the directives of…
Egypt abandons 10 political detainees in Saudi Arabia
After the Egyptian government’s failure for a year and a half to act on the 10 detained Egyptians in Saudi Arabia, a human rights lawyer filed a lawsuit before the Administrative Court to demand that the Ministry of Immigration and…
3 Egyptian detainees go on hunger strike
Three Egyptian detainees have started a hunger strike to protest their arbitrary detention. It indicates their despair at securing justice through legal means, so they resort to the only weapon they have, namely hunger, to pressure the regime to release…
Who Paul Fahmy, the new Egyptian Constitutional Court patron?
Last Wednesday, Counselor Paul Fahmy Iskandar was sworn in before Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi as head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, the country’s highest judicial body. Some media outlets described Fahmy’s appointment as “historic” as he was the first…
The 25 January Revolution in the eyes of the Egyptian state
On 28 January 2011, the rapid collapse of Habib Al-Adly’s troops in front of the popular uprising was astounding for everyone, including the military, the State Security apparatus, and all the regime’s senior staff. The popular outrage was far beyond…
Ten new victims: The Egyptian judiciary keeps issuing arbitrary death sentences
After nearly seven years of trials, the Cairo Terror Court decided on Saturday to refer the papers of 10 defendants in the case known in the media as the “Helwan Brigades case” to the Grand Mufti for his opinion on…
Coronavirus deaths spiking in Egypt due to Omicron variant
Coronavirus infections and deaths increased noticeably in recent days in Egypt, which prompted the Ministry of Health to stop all non-emergency operations in all its hospitals, and to allocate half of the total number of beds in them to coronavirus…
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