Detention renewal via video conference in Egypt raises widespread criticism
Human rights defenders say that the Egyptian regime seems determined to expand its rivalry with the opposition and use its security and judicial arms to abuse them inside and outside prisons. The Egyptian authorities have started a project to renew…
Al-Sisi is taking advantage of the conflicts in Eastern Mediterranean to attack Turkey
Many thought that the atmosphere of tension between al-Sisi’s regime and Turkey had begun to calm amid friendly statements from both sides of the foreign ministries in Cairo and Ankara and after intelligence talks between the two countries. The tripartite…
Personal conflicts and corruption threaten the banking sector
“Any political or personal conflict between two or more I do not stand with, except for the Egyptian economy and banks. Yesterday, there was an economic shock due to the issue of the Commercial International Bank (the largest private bank)…
Al-Sisi is afraid of Biden and hopes Trump will win
The Egyptian regime is concerned about the possibility of Democratic candidate Joe Biden winning the US elections, at a time when it hopes President Donald Trump will win a second term. A research paper by the National Security Research Institute…
Exclusive: Alliance led by Sisi consultant monopolises covid testing in Egypt
Last July, the Egyptian Ministry of Health decided to assign taking medical swabs for coronavirus (COVID-19) detection to private labs called Speed Medical by direct order, besides securing the approval of the Supreme Council of University Hospitals. Up until then,…
Police secretaries: A recurrent headache for Egypt’s Interior Ministry
A state of anger is prevailing in the ranks of police secretaries in Egypt, whom the sources described as “the backbone of the Ministry of the Interior,” and its mainstay. This anger is due to a set of decisions and…
The attack on Minister Osama Heikal: A scandalous clash between Egypt’s sovereign bodies
In what came as a big surprise, Egyptian state television broadcast on one of its programmes leaked audio recordings of a systematic attack on Egyptian Minister of State for Media Affairs Osama Heikal, launched against him by Egyptian newspapers and…
Chaos dominates government’s management of new school year
With the start of the new school year in Egyptian schools, many problems and complaints have surfaced, which are actually repeated every year, but have increased due to the spread of coronavirus. Pictures and video clips circulating showed chaos and…
Scientific research in Egypt: Small budget, zero freedom
If the culture of instilling fear in the people’s souls and the climate of suppressing freedoms since the military coup has led to arrests, the nationalisation of the media and blatant aggression on human rights, then scientific research in Egypt…
New law threatens civil work in Egypt
A year and two months after Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified the Law on the Practice of Private Work, the Council of Ministers agreed, in principle, to issue the executive regulations of the law, without announcing its provisions. It is decided…
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