The official human rights council has met with heads of several human rights organizations that continue to face intense repression from the state. Some participants said dialogue without genuine political will for reform is just [ More … ]
Seven people in Egypt and eighty one people in in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have reportedly been all executed, based on political charges and others. The We Record human rights organization has revealed [ More … ]
Twelve Egyptian activists have been on hunger strike since early February 2022 in protest of their prolonged pre-trial detention at Tora Prison Complex. Among those activists are: Abdelrahman Tarek (Moka), Ahmed Maher (Rigo), Galal El [ More … ]
Instead of decrying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sisi phones Putin on “strategic partnership”. Meanwhile, the United States will again provide $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt—the same amount Congress has appropriated since 1987. As [ More … ]
Foreign investors fleeing emerging markets following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have sold around $1.19 billion of Egyptian treasury bonds in just three days, with activity in the secondary market continuing on Tuesday, according to Reuters. [ More … ]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may cost Egypt about 955 million dollars in wheat import bills as wheat prices hit record highs. Egypt imports roughly 70 per cent of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine and [ More … ]
Without legal grounds, Abdel Qawi Fathallah is still in detention despite a decision to release him 6 weeks ago The case of Abdel Qawi Fathallah, who remains behind bars despite a court ordering his release [ More … ]
Sixteen EU car manufacturers have sent a complaint to Egyptian government about the poor quality of petrol in filling stations, which causes motor damages The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) on 8 February sent an [ More … ]
US former diplomats and foreign policy experts, including government officials, former US ambassadors, and MENA analysts say Tunisian President Kais Saied’s coup against democracy threatens the foundations of the US-Tunisia relationship The letter stressed that [ More … ]
The ambassadors of the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, U.S., and EU) have called on Egypt to issue a “clear and unanimous condemnation” of Russia’s unprovoked invasion and support Ukraine’s “territorial integrity [ More … ]
At a time when all world countries are making unremitting efforts to evacuate their nationals in light of the latest developments of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and the beginning of the intensive Russian invasion of Ukrainian [ More … ]
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