The Egyptian authorities must immediately end cruel and inhumane detention conditions and allow regular family visits at al-Aqrab maximum security prison in Tora where approximately 130 detainees have gone on a mass hunger strike for [ More … ]
Four school children among five shot dead by security forces during rally against rising costs, Sudan opposition groups say. At least five protesters, including four high school students, have been shot dead after security forces [ More … ]
The Cairo Criminal Court renewed the detention of former justice minister Ahmed Soliman for 45 days, pending investigations into charges of joining an unlawful group and disseminating false news on Egypt’s political and economic situation [ More … ]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Sunday defended the economic boycott of Israel as a freedom of speech movement that’s “pushing back against racist policies in Israel.” Last week, 398 House members overwhelmingly passed a resolution to [ More … ]
After fierce clashes in and around Naqliya Camp on the Airport Road in southern Tripoli between Libyan Army forces under the command of the Libyan Presidential Council and forces under the command of Khalifa Haftar, [ More … ]
Members of the NCP and Islamic Movement are being swept up in an arrest campaign, despite once being part of the same regime as the generals now in charge Sudanese Islamists are under intense pressure, [ More … ]
Parliament Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur sworn in as interim president; country to hold presidential vote on September 15. The Tunisian government has declared seven days of mourning following the death of Beji Caid Essebsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, as [ More … ]
Egypt has been revealed as the tenth highest importer of arms, ammunitions and security information systems from Italy for 2018, according to a document issued by the Italian Foreign Ministry. The purchase of Italian arms [ More … ]
The brave people who work to protect Egyptians from abuse are under aggressive and accelerating attack. The attackers come from the government, its proxies in the media, its security forces, and even elements of the [ More … ]
Video appearing to show Nabila Makram threatening to slit the throat of people critical of Egypt’s government causes outrage online Egypt’s minister of immigration and expatriates has a chilling message for the tens of thousands [ More … ]
Egypt’s parliament approved a new law governing nongovernment organizations on July 14, 2019, that would maintain many of the existing restrictions on their work, Human Rights Watch said today. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should not approve [ More … ]
Lufthansa and British Airways canceled flights to Cairo over the weekend, citing security concerns. Although they were reticent with details, the situation in Egypt, and particularly in North Sinai, is indeed unstable. The airlines’ decisions [ More … ]
All Egyptians must be more tolerant and patient until Egypt’s economy improves under the national reform program, General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, said yesterday. “The government had no choice but to implement a severe economic reform [ More … ]
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi of Egypt issued a decree renewing the state of emergency in Egypt for 3 months starting Thursday, July 25, for the ninth time in a row since it was imposed in April [ More … ]
Saudi-led coalition said it shot down Houthi drone fired toward city of Abha Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed to have carried out drone attacks on military targets in the King Khalid airbase in southwestern [ More … ]
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