Detained lawyer Ahmed Helmy’s case exposes Egypt’s abusive judiciary
Over a
decade ago, the Egyptian regime under Mubarak used to circumvent the judiciary
in its war against the political opposition. The regime used the emergency law
which authorised the...
Egypt’s position complicated with Sudan’s withdrawal from Renaissance Dam negotiations
The Sudanese government's announcement that it will withdraw from the Renaissance Dam negotiations and not participate in the six-party meeting under the auspices of the African Union...
A cell for every citizen: 8 new prisons built in Egypt
The Egyptian Minister of Interior, Major
General Mahmoud Tawfiq, has issued a decision to build eight new central
prisons, bringing the number of prisons established since 2013 to about...
Fears of extradition of an Egyptian student from Ukraine to al-Sisi’s regime
The Egyptian media, loyal to the regime of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, celebrated the news of the arrest of the 27-year-old Egyptian student, Moataz Mohamed, and said...
Egypt’s new budget violates the constitution
"The state is obliged to allocate a percentage of government spending for health that is not less than three per cent of the gross national product, which...
Raising the interest by 2%: Facing inflation may lead to recession
The Central Bank of Egypt decided, at its meeting, Thursday evening, to raise the overnight deposit and lending rates and the central bank's primary operation rate by...
Relatives of Egypt’s exiled opponents are the regime’s hostages
Several days
ago, The New York Times published a report that revealed the arrest of many of
the relatives of Egyptian opponents. The arrests are to press them to...
Egypt-Turkey rapprochement continues with positive prospects
"The
results were positive." This was the official Egyptian and Turkish
evaluation of the exploratory talks that took place last week in Cairo, amid
indications that one or more meetings...