The United Nations Human Rights Committee will hold a two-day session (today and tomorrow) to examine the Egyptian government’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which Egypt ratified in 1982 [ More … ]
Human rights organizations say the United Nations must adopt a resolution on the dire human rights situation in Egypt. Reactions have continued to the leaked message from prisoners at Badr-3 Prison, which highlighted the violations [ More … ]
Egypt is likely to devalue its currency again in the “not-too-distant future,” and the pound may end the quarter 10% below current levels, experts at Societe Generale said. The debt-distressed North African nation will need [ More … ]
Egypt is experiencing a worsening human rights crisis, prompting NGOs to call on the UN to take urgent procedures to address the crisis. The UN HRC must adopt a resolution on the human rights crisis [ More … ]
A message leaked from the Badr-3 Prison – formerly “Al-Aqrab” (Scorpion) – and circulated by Egyptian rights organizations and activists, projects human rights “brutal” violations and abuses in Egyptian prisons. The message signed by Badr-3 [ More … ]
The Emirati BNPL platform “Tabby” will suspend its operations in Egypt, citing ‘recent macroeconomic developments’, reported The National. The UAE-based Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform “Tabby” will prioritise core markets after suspending its operations [ More … ]
Dozens of Palestinians have been wounded by live fire and taken to hospital due to the violent Israeli incursion in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The deadly Israeli operation has prompted reaction from [ More … ]
Several Egyptian human rights groups have called for putting an end to forcible disappearances that are “increasingly widespread and systematic,” according to a joint statement. A group of Egyptian human rights organizations have issued to [ More … ]
More Egyptian businessmen feel downbeat about the country’s economic prospects amid the escalating challenges, according to a reader poll organized by “The Enterprise”. There has been a consensus among readers of The Enterprise, a daily [ More … ]
Amid an acute economic crisis, the Egyptian population has been crushed between the low income and the rising household expenses, where inflation has inflicted additional pain on ordinary people. “The increasing costs of living helped [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities have subjected inmates on death row at Badr prison, which the regime has held up as a model of humane treatment of prisoners, to increasing levels of torture and abuse in recent weeks, [ More … ]
Egypt, sapped dry of dollars despite a $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout loan, is now seeking to boost its coffers by selling state assets to wealthy Gulf nations, according to AFP. Experts say the [ More … ]
As the north African country is seeking financial aid from IMF and regional allies and Arab Gulf countries, this sale of ‘sukuk’ would be Egypt’s first foreign bond since March 2022. Egypt is now considering [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday offered effusive praise for the UAE, seeking to repair a rift between Cairo and Gulf states, reported the Associated Press. It is noteworthy that the Gulf Arab states have [ More … ]
Egypt needs to get more transparent about its debt, and that includes amounts owed by state-owned enterprises in an economy where the government plays too large a role, a senior World Bank official said, according [ More … ]
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