At gunpoint: Egyptian journalists prepare for union elections
On May 1, 2016, it was a terrible day for the Egyptian Journalists Union, as the security forces stormed the syndicate for the first time to arrest the journalists Amr Badr and Mahmoud El-Sakka, on the background of their sit-in…
The government is determined to displace its residents: Renewed clashes in Warraq Island
Al-Warraq Island, located in the heart of the Nile River in the Egyptian governorate of Giza, has witnessed demonstrations and clashes between residents and security forces during the past few days in protest against the arrest of several residents because…
Hesham Genina: The man who fought Sisi’s systemic corruption alone
Hesham Genina, former head of the Accountability State Authority who had been jailed since 2018, was released on Tuesday after serving a five-year imprisonment sentence issued against him by a military court on charges of publishing false news against the…
The Egyptian Senate debate on domestic violence avoids banned zones
Over the past week, the Senate discussed, in the presence of government officials and religious figures, “the rise in the phenomenon of domestic violence,” starting from Sunday. The most prominent attendees were Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine Kabbaj, Minister of…
Totalitarianism in the Egyptian manner: Media under the instructions of the general
On February 9, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addressed the Egyptian media performance during the opening of the second phase of the military-owned Silo Foods factory in Sadat City. As a totalitarian tyrant, the general instructed the private or governmental media and…
The National Dialogue: A tool Sisi uses to blackmail the opposition parties
On the fourth of February, the security services-controlled Stalinist left-wing Tagammu’ (Gathering) Party attacked the Civil Democratic Movement, the main secular dissident alliance in Egypt, claiming the movement the one that obstructs the national dialogue. “The dialogue is the best…
Egypt’s governmental economic policies: New attempt to hide imbalances
During less than a year, and from March 2022 until now, the exchange rate of the dollar has doubled against the Egyptian pound, so that the latter lost almost half of its value, and after it reached the barrier of…
Egypt’s mass privatisation: Would it help the economic crisis?
The Egyptian government announced its intention to offer 32 state-owned companies for privatisation to face the severe economic crisis plaguing the country due to the shortage of hard currency. The companies offered for sale (totally or not) belong to several…
Enforced disappearance: The crime the Egyptian authorities use to terrorize society
A few days ago, the Egyptian Front for Human Rights monitored the appearance of 4 of those who had been forcibly disappeared for more than three years, before the Supreme State Security Prosecution, for interrogation. This brought attention back to…
12 years after the January Revolution: Military dictatorship chases the legacy of the democratic revolution
On this day 12 years ago, ordinary youth demonstrations began, chanting “Freedom”, which soon developed into a more complex and comprehensive chant expressing the masses of the Egyptian people, “Bread, freedom, social justice”, and in more expanded versions, it was…
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