NATO member Turkey changed its rhetoric to call Russia’s assault on Ukraine a “war” on Sunday and pledged to implement parts of an international pact that would potentially limit the transit of Russian warships from [ More … ]
Despite the widespread condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine across the world, yet some Arab countries supported Moscow in its recent moves, a report by The Independent has monitored. As Russia’s invasion unfolds, several [ More … ]
It seems that Egypt has not yet crystallized a decisive attitude towards the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, for fear that such a stance might later affect its relationship with any of the international powers involved in the [ More … ]
Egyptian Actor Shady Khalaf sentenced to just 3 years in prison for sexual assault and attempted rape of seven women There has been an outcry following the three-year prison sentence given to Egyptian actor Shady [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has invited CNN anchor John Defterios to moderate a dialogue session at the conference and witness the developments taking place in the country. This came during the International Petroleum Technology Conference [ More … ]
Nineteen human rights organizations have called on the Egyptian authorities to urgently provide health care to political prisoner Salah Soltan after a recent prison visit revealed his health was in a critical condition. In a [ More … ]
Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy will face a retrial on Monday after his unjust four-year sentence for allegedly spreading false information about Egypt’s domestic situation while abroad was annulled. The four-year prison sentence handed down last [ More … ]
Detainees at Egypt’s Al-Salam Police Station in Cairo have reportedly suffered renewed torture following leaks of secret filming of abuse. Last month some video leaks to the Guardian showed Egyptian police torturing prisoners at a police [ More … ]
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) decides to stop dealing with collection documents in implementation of all import operations The CBE has decided to stop dealing with collection documents in implementation of all import operations [ More … ]
Among signs of ongoing human rights violations in Sisi’s prisons, there are three most recent stories in this regard: a death in detention, a hunger strike, and a painful family separation These stories demonstrate the [ More … ]
In a sign of what may be called “a civil militarized economy”, the Egyptian Ministry of Industry assigns the army’s Engineering Authority to establish a new industrial zone in Alexandria. “The Egyptian military takeover in [ More … ]
Head of U.S. Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie has announced that the $130 million in military aid that the US administration has recently decided to reprogram away from Egypt is very small. General Kenneth F. [ More … ]
Judge Boulos Fahmy has been appointed as chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional CourtEgypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Wednesday swore in the first Christian to reside over the country’s highest court. Judge Boulos Fahmy, 65, was [ More … ]
Yehia Hamed, Egypt’s former investment minister, has published an opinion article on the London-based Middle East Eye, addressing the economic situation in Egypt, where “With the economy in shambles and millions of people mired in [ More … ]
Tunisian President Kais Saied has dissolved the Supreme Judicial Council, the body that deals with judicial independence, a move that raises fears about the independence of the judiciary. Saied’s decision caps months of his sharp [ More … ]
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