Egyptian social media activists have circulated leaked videos from inside one of the palaces of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi under construction in the El Alamein region, north of the country. Journalist and TV presenter Moataz Matar [ More … ]
The detention of a third employee of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, and of Coptic activist Ramy Kamel have raised international concern over human rights conditions, especially the Sisi regime’s disrespect of the fundamental [ More … ]
Karim Ennarah was detained in the resort town of Dahab in South Sinai while on vacation, EIPR said in a statement Egyptian authorities arrested a human rights defender on Wednesday, just a few days after his colleague [ More … ]
Germany’s Public Prosecutor General (GBA) said on Monday charges of espionage have been filed against an Egyptian-born German citizen who worked at the German government press office and gathered information for an Egyptian intelligence agency. [ More … ]
Cairo hires powerhouse group as it dreads return of same US players it blames for Arab Spring uprising and fall of Hosni Mubarak The Egyptian government has assembled a bipartisan powerhouse lobbying team that includes [ More … ]
Wife of former Egyptian Supply Minister Bassem Odeh complains that the security forces have denied her husband the right to prison visits for four years On this day in 2016, the family of the former [ More … ]
The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, said on Sunday that those who insult the Prophet Muhammad would be prosecuted in international courts, refusing to consider the insulting cartoons of the Messenger of Islam [ More … ]
The three African nations say they failed to agree on new approach to resolve dispute over Ethiopia’s mega-dam project Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have once again failed to agree on a new negotiating approach to [ More … ]
Sudan called on Tuesday upon its citizens in Egypt to exercise self-restraint after the murder of a Sudanese child in Giza to the west of Cairo, Anadolu Agency has reported. “We are following up on the murder [ More … ]
The Egyptian National Action Group and the Sunna Scholars Association have called for protests next Friday and announced support for boycotting French Products in protests against French President Macron’s humiliation of Muslims, Islam, and Prophet [ More … ]
Covid-19 Vaccine Makers See Egypt as Crucial Launchpad, where Cairo offers platform to deliver vaccine to hundreds of millions of people across Middle East and Africa Egypt is emerging as a critical proving ground for [ More … ]
The Egyptian regime is making a mess of politics and business in sham parliament elections, a recent report concludes The report that has appeared in The Economist and its Middle East & Africa section under [ More … ]
The Egyptian government has allocated almost $35 billion to repay debt and loan instalments during the 2020/2021 fiscal year which started in July, an official report has revealed. Last year, the Egyptian government repaid around [ More … ]
The US government has been urged to boycott next month’s G20 summit in Riyadh over the kingdom’s rights violations. Forty-five American lawmakers have urged the US government to boycott next month’s G20 summit in Riyadh [ More … ]
A recent letter reviewed by The Washington Post, US lawmakers signal Sisi’s rights violation ‘will not be tolerated’ if Biden wins the presidency. US lawmakers are calling on Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to release political [ More … ]
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