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Home2022October

Month: October 2022

Egypt Latest News

Egypt: Greenpeace accused of greenwashing country’s image ahead of Cop27, report

October 31, 2022 MEO Staff

Criticism of the Greenpeace group, as greenwashing Egypt’s image ahead of Cop27, comes as advocates warn environmentalists should not downplay concerns about Egypt’s human rights record. Greenpeace, a global conservation group, has been accused by [ More … ]

Turkey Latest News

Turkiye marks the 99th anniversary of Republic with miscellaneous festivities

October 30, 2022 MEO Staff

The Republic of Turkiye on Saturday held a series of nationwide miscellaneous events to mark Republic Day, 99 years since the country adopted a new regime which stands strong despite challenges “Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Biden to go to Egypt on 11/11 to attend Cop27, will he press Sisi to protect protesters on the same day?

October 29, 2022 MEO Staff

The White House has announced that U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Egypt on 11 November to attend Cop27 in Sharm El Sheikh, the same day Egyptian authorities are aggressively trying to prevent a [ More … ]

Analysis

Egypt: Has the country actually fallen under foreign mandate amid its most recent IMF deal?

October 28, 2022 MEO Staff

Egyptians wonder whether their country has officially fallen under international and regional mandate after its most recent deal with the International Monetary Fund, which was announced on 27 October 2022. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

KSA: Egyptian publisher participating in Riyadh Int’l Book Fair arrested and forcibly disappeared

October 27, 2022 MEO Staff

Authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have arrested and forcibly disappeared the photographer and international book fairs director of Dar Kotopia, an Egyptian publishing house, Ahmed Diouf. The We Record rights organization stated [ More … ]

Lebanon

Despite criticism of human rights groups, Lebanon resumes returning Syrian refugees back home

October 26, 2022 MEO Staff

Lebanon buses refugees back to Syria as repatriation plan continued. However, some refugees were reportedly ‘shocked’ to be notified at the border that they cannot cross because their names had not been cleared by Syria [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Sisi pushed into the corner by Egypt’s difficult economic situation and his dire human rights record

October 25, 2022 MEO Staff

The Egypt Economic Conference, a three-day, government-organized forum about the future of Egypt’s economy, kicked off in Cairo Sunday with self-congratulatory speeches from Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other state leaders. After decades of poor economic [ More … ]

A pavilion at the Cop26 conference in Glasgow last year
Egypt Latest News

In blow to NGOs, Egypt shuts down event spaces on first Monday of Cop27: Greenfield

October 24, 2022 MEO Staff

This move by the Egyptian government to shut down pavilion spaces at the beginning of COP27 epitomizes what rights groups have been warning about: you cannot secure climate justice without civil society involvement. In fact, [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

As Egypt prepares to host COP27, summit Is heading for a geopolitical hurricane, says Bloomberg

October 23, 2022 MEO Staff

As Egypt prepares to stage COP27, the geopolitical context that shapes all international diplomacy has gone from tense to precarious, said Bloomberg in a recent report. Egypt, the summit host, is contending with inflation that [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Amnesty slams Egypt’s PR campaign to cover prisons’ inhuman conditions, notably Badr 3 Prison

October 22, 2022 MEO Staff

Amnesty castigated the ‘inhuman conditions’ at Egypt’s new jail, Badr 3 Prison, where relatives, lawyers of inmates at Badr 3 facility report insufficient food, clothing and books, inadequate medical care, bans on family visits Badr [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt: Ahead of climate summit, Greta Thunberg and others back Egypt political prisoners

October 21, 2022 MEO Staff

Amid Egyptian government’s tight restrictions on assembly and free speech, UN annual conference on climate change is set to be hosted in Sharm El Sheikh next month Well-known Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has joined [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt owes IMF over $17 billion due in 5 years, report

October 20, 2022 MEO Staff

While the Egyptian government is actively seeking a new loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country still owes the Fund over $17 billion, due within five years. Egypt had borrowed $20 billion from [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt: Politician says Sisi is likely to announce not to run for presidency in Mid-2024

October 19, 2022 MEO Staff

Egyptian politician and head of the Egyptian Reform and Development Party says he expects Egypt’s Sisi to announce he will not run for presidency once again in the in Mid-2024 presidential elections Head of the [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt: COP27, “Behind the scenes, intelligence service is pulling the strings,” a report

October 18, 2022 MEO Staff

Stephan Roll, expert of SWP Berlin, wonders in an insightful and concise piece why Egypt’s General Intelligence Service (GIS) benefits from the World Climate Conference, COP27. Stephan Roll, head of the Africa and Middle East [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

U.S. blocks additional $75 million in U.S. military aid to Egypt over rights concerns

October 17, 2022 MEO Staff

Egypt has missed out on an additional $75 million in American military aid after a senior Democratic U.S. senator blocked the funding over concerns about Cairo’s human rights record including holding political prisoners, reported Reuters. [ More … ]

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Egypt: U.S. ‘Senate begins to stand up to Egypt’s dictator’: WP

Egypt Latest News
October 4, 2023

Morgan Stanley downgrades Egypt’s credit rating amid looming risks; non-oil activity contracts for 34th. month in a row

Egypt Latest News
October 3, 2023

Torture in Egypt a ‘crime against humanity’, say rights groups

Egypt Latest News
October 2, 2023

US senior Senate, House democrats support blocking military aid to Egypt

Egypt Latest News
October 1, 2023

As Egypt’s economy struggles, UAE and Egypt agree to a currency swap deal

Egypt Latest News
September 30, 2023
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