On the 3-year anniversary of their arrest, a global coalition of more than 40 organisations calls on Egyptian authorities to drop all charges and promptly release writer/pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer. [ More … ]
Egyptian geckos have invaded Israel, devoured crops, and threatened the ecological balance in Wadi Araba Israeli Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) says it is seeking help from residents of Wadi Araba following an invasion of [ More … ]
Ahead of COP27, the Egyptian human rights coalition on Cop27 calls for opening civic space and releasing everyone arbitrarily detained in Egypt. In the run-up to COP27 Sharm El Sheikh, the Egyptian human rights coalition [ More … ]
Egypt, a country of more than 103 million people, is running low on foreign currency needed to buy essentials like grain and fuel, a recent report states. According to a recent report published by ABC [ More … ]
Most influential Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi died Monday at age 96, according to his official Twitter account. The tweet on Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi’s official Twitter account read: His Eminence Imam Yusuf al-Qaradawi who spent [ More … ]
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Sameh Shoukry calls upon the world’s developed countries to respond positively to demands for exchanging debts for investments between creditors and debtors. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has called [ More … ]
20-year-old Karim Safwat was forcibly disappeared and then detained on terrorism charges for taking a picture of the presidential palace in the new administrative capital On September 19, prosecutors ordered 20-year-old Karim Safwat detained on [ More … ]
Amnesty International has accused Egypt of attempting to cover up a decade of “unrelenting violations of human rights” in order to improve its international standing ahead of hosting the world climate summit. Amnesty International’s analysis [ More … ]
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message of appreciation to Egypt when he received the credentials of new foreign ambassadors in Moscow, including the new Egyptian ambassador to Russia, Nazih al-Nagari, reported Egypt Independent, an [ More … ]
While Egypt’s Sisi spends on almost futile mega projects, the Egyptians people are suffering the consequences of his wrong economic policies, notably the escalating external debt catastrophe. Sisi spends loans lavishly on useless mega projects, [ More … ]
The Egyptian authorities have for years resorted to this repressive practice to limit the freedom of movement of key members of civil society For example, Karim Ennarah, a ‘criminal justice’ researcher working with the Egyptian [ More … ]
Egypt reduces Light Rail Transit (LRT) ticket prices by 30-40% starting Saturday ahead of new school year, after reports about suspension of LRT operation due to its low turnout and the high ticket prices In [ More … ]
A few days ago, Biden officials approved $75M in military aid for Egypt under allegations that the country has made “clear and consistent progress in releasing political prisoners and providing detainees with due process of [ More … ]
The Biden administration has decided to withhold $130 million of foreign military aid to Egypt over its failure to fulfil human rights conditions, US officials said Wednesday. However, Human Rights Watch said the decision does [ More … ]
A Geneva-based watchdog has monitored release of 332 prisoners, but at the same time it has also monitored 950 violations within the arbitrary deprivation of liberty since April when Sisi announced launch of national dialogue. [ More … ]
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