Following Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE have summoned their ambassadors from Beirut, over a diplomatic row provoked by Lebanese minister’s criticism of Riyadh’s on-going military intervention in Yemen. On Friday, the Kingdom [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities arrested Tawfiq Ghanem on May 2, where the veteran journalist has been detained for over 150 days. Several global rights watchdogs have called for the release of journalist Tawfiq Ghanem, a former regional [ More … ]
The move by Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi theoretically rolls back sweeping powers the government wielded in the name of fighting terrorism, but critics called it only a cosmetic change, according to the NYT chief Cairo [ More … ]
As soon as Sisi on 25 October announced lifting the state of emergency across the country, eight human rights organizations stated that the move had only little impact in practice Eight human rights organizations have [ More … ]
Sudan’s military should allow peaceful protests, respect political participation of all, and set detainees free, Human Rights Watch said in a report it published yesterday. Sudan’s military leaders responsible for the 25 October 2021 takeover [ More … ]
Sudan’s military seized power on Monday, 24 Oct., dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the acting prime minister and other officials, according to the Associated Press. Thousands of people flooded into the streets [ More … ]
Insufficient evidence has recently led a judge to end the investigations into four more NGOs in Case 173/2011, known as the foreign funding case. The four NGOs are the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, [ More … ]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has issued an alert about three journalists held in Egypt’s prisons who are denied proper medical attention for serious ailments they suffer from. The RSF organization says they must be released [ More … ]
A Cannes-honored feature film, titled “Feathers” has sparked great uproar and controversy in Egypt, with claims of contempt of the country and highlighting poverty in the Egyptian society. Ironically, about 33% of Egyptians are living [ More … ]
Social media users have been shocked at learning that a female pharmacist that had complained of being exposed to bullying from her colleagues, was accused by the Egyptian Prosecution of belonging to a terrorist organization. [ More … ]
The Zagazig Criminal Court sentenced Moataz Matar and Hossam El-Shorbagy, presenters of Al-Sharq and Mekameleen channels respectively, to 15 years in prison each, on charges of court contempt, and others. Egypt’s Zagazig Criminal Court in [ More … ]
Late President Anwar Sadat’s nephew, Mohamed Sadat, seems to have recently become an unofficial negotiator on behalf of Egypt’s political prisoners, but seemingly with little success opportunities. Recently a delegation was sent by Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi [ More … ]
Last September, HRW found in an extensive report that Egyptian Interior Ministry forces have killed dozens, perhaps hundreds, of secretly held dissidents in extrajudicial executions in recent years, said Amr Magdi, HRW researcher, Middle East [ More … ]
Five human rights organizations have new reports about the human rights situation in Egypt, where they have documented the continued violations of fundamental rights in Egypt under Sisi, reported the Committee for Justice . Amnesty [ More … ]
An Egyptian military court on Wednesday upheld life sentences for 32 people accused of plotting to kill Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and a former Saudi crown prince, the defendants’ lawyer said. Egyptian military’s high appeals court [ More … ]
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