Authorities should immediately release human rights activist Hisham Kassem and stop targeting peaceful dissidents, stated a joint statement by 12 rights groups. Leading democracy advocate and publisher Hisham Kassem’s arrest in Cairo has raised concerns [ More … ]
A number of human rights groups and individuals have released a joint statement “In Solidarity with Egyptian Fact-Checking and Independent Media Platform Matsadaash”. In their statement, the signatories stressed that independent journalism, open-source investigative work, [ More … ]
In a joint statement, 28 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have urged the Egyptian authorities to “stop blocking Al-Manassa and dozens of other news sites”. The 28 civil society organizations condemned the “blocking by the Egyptian authorities [ More … ]
The IMF has announced that Egypt needs to achieve progress on fiscal and structural economic reform as Cairo seeks new support from the fund. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a statement Tuesday that Egypt needs [ More … ]
In a most recent statement, the Working Group on Egypt said commenting on Egypt’s likely hosting of COP27, “Having Egypt host this conference will confer unacceptable legitimacy on a government that serially violates norms of [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt should immediately end a crackdown on freedom of association, independent groups, and peaceful dissent, 63 organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, said today. Sixty-three organizations, including Human Rights Watch [ More … ]
Al-Azhar has condemned in a statement “he Zionist entity’s terror and its brutal violations against the people of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem”. “Al-Azhar condemns in the strongest terms the Zionist entity’s terrorism and [ More … ]
The Egyptian National Action Group (ENAG) has strongly condemned the Egyptian authorities’ recent arbitrary execution of 9 innocent citizens in the so-called Kerdasa Police Station events. The Egyptian National Action Group (ENAG), including politicians from [ More … ]
The Egyptian delegation to the 4th. Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on 15 March 2021 issued a statement in response to UNHRC joint Statement on Egypt issued on 12 March, calling [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates is open to the possibility of normalizing relations with Turkey, its chief diplomat has announced. Although Turkey has welcomed UAE’s positive statement on relations, however, it is not yet fully convinced. The [ More … ]
Turkey’s foreign ministry said that Egypt’s objection to the “democratically elected government” phrase in a UN Security Council statement condemning the recent coup attempt in Turkey was “meaningful”, reported the Anadolu agency. However, the Foreign [ More … ]
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