The Egyptian government agreed February 27 to a proposal introducing new legal amendments to Anti-Terrorism Law No. 94 of 2015, forcing landlords to inform the police of any new lease contracts, as part of the government’s [ More … ]
Egypt imposes new rules that allows state to block websites and social media accounts for ‘fake news’ or incitement. Egypt’s top media regulator put into effect tighter restrictions that allow the state to block websites [ More … ]
Egypt has so far managed to keep its economic interests away from its foreign political disputes. The head of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, Rifat Hisarcıklıoglu, visited Cairo March 5 for [ More … ]
Egyptian regime’s recent attempts to entrench authoritarianism into the constitution reveal the regime’s fear rather than power. The changes could precipitate the most significant challenge that military strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has yet to face [ More … ]
The new rise in the wages and pensions of Egypt’s army and police officers has disproved the recent claims made by Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, in which he confirmed that their salaries were “weak,” local [ More … ]
While there may be ” a special place for hell” for those who backed Brexit without a plan, regimes that execute people after fundamentally flawed trials get their own summit, wrote Rhys Davies. Just a [ More … ]
When things go wrong, the regime invariably blames the Muslim brothers Passengers waiting on the platform had only seconds to run before they were engulfed in flames. On February 27th a train hurtled into Cairo’s [ More … ]
There must be consequences when a country violates human rights. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case, writes journalist Rainer Hermann from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In his article, “EU must hold Egypt accountable on human [ More … ]
One of Egypt’s best-known actors has been told that he has been sentenced to eight years in jail in his absence for criticising the regime of President Sisi. Amr Waked, best known in Britain for [ More … ]
Amnesty International warned Wednesday that dozens of rights activists in Egypt have been put in “grave danger” by email phishing attacks that it says appear to be government orchestrated. “Dozens of Egyptian human rights defenders [ More … ]
Moataz Matar’s family was arrested and forcibly disappeared by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime, a new chapter of dictatorship, detaining families of political opposition. Moataz Matar, a prominent Egyptian anti-government TV commentator, has said his two [ More … ]
Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has been blamed by many Egyptians for Wednesday’s deadly train crash in Cairo which killed at least 25 people. Egyptians balmed Al-Sisi for rampant corruption and his refusal to invest [ More … ]
The UN human rights office voiced concern about trials that saw 15 people executed in Egypt this month may have been unfair amid allegations of torture used to obtain confessions. Egypt executed nine men on [ More … ]
Proposed deals could allow sharing of data relating to political and religious beliefs, sex lives and trade union memberships but only when ‘strictly necessary’ European Union officials have begun talks with counterparts in several Middle [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for release of prisoners in Egypt days after 9 people were executed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will never meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi unless [ More … ]
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