Former Egyptian military chief of staff General Sami Anan, who was detained in January after announcing plans to compete in a presidential election, is in critical condition in hospital, according to two sources close to [ More … ]
Egypt’s parliament passed a law that could make senior military officers immune from future prosecution over to violence that followed the 2013 ouster of the country’s first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi. The law gives [ More … ]
A human rights watchdog says Egyptian authorities “are increasingly using counter-terrorism and state-of-emergency laws and courts to unjustly prosecute journalists, activists, and critics for their peaceful criticism.” Human Right Watch said that the abusive practices [ More … ]
Law will also prevent exempted military leaders from running against Sisi for office An Egyptian parliament bill granting legal immunity to army leaders is “unconstitutional” and violates “all international standards”, Human Rights Watch has said. [ More … ]
By: Yehya Hamed* Although the economic policies of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could be described as being biased toward the business class with pervasive administrative corruption, yet they were clearly away from targeting the [ More … ]
An Egyptian court sentenced a former advisor to Egypt’s first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi along with 13 other people to life in prison for belonging to an illegal group. Abdullah Shehata was an economic advisor [ More … ]
A Lebanese tourist who was arrested last month for posting a video on Facebook complaining of sexual harassment and conditions in Egypt was sentenced to 8 years in prison by a Cairo court on Saturday. [ More … ]
Egypt’s top appeals court overturned a ruling placing 1,538 people on a government terror list, including President Mohamed Morsi. The Court of Cassation sent the case back to a lower court for reconsideration. The ruling [ More … ]
The family of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi confirmed that they do not know exactly where he is being held. They also revealed that he is under pressure despite being detained for five years since the [ More … ]
Italian oil and gas group Eni has denied media reports that it has made a major new discovery in Egypt. Eni Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi said,”There are prospects and new (geological) structures in Egypt but [ More … ]
Amnesty International criticized the Egyptian authorities for pushing through new media and cybercrime laws that would give the state near-total control over print, online and broadcast media. The London-based organization called the Egyptian parliament to [ More … ]
Human rights groups have blasted France for what they call playing a part in Egypt’s “bloody repression” of dissidents by providing the government of Abdel Fatah al-Sisi with state-of-the-art weapons and surveillance systems. A report [ More … ]
After years of instability that had nearly brought the North African country to its knees, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi claims that the country is on its right track through his rule years. Two days ago, al-Sisi said [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi urged citizens on Saturday to further endure economic reforms and austerity measures, including a recent wave of steep price hikes on fuel, electricity and drinking water His televised address comes on the [ More … ]
France’s Intelligence Online website and Israel’s Channel 10 reported that a secret meeting took place on June 17, 2018, in the Jordanian city of Aqaba at the request of the American envoys, Greenblatt and Trump’s advisor [ More … ]
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