Egypt’s parliament approved a new law governing nongovernment organizations on July 14, 2019, that would maintain many of the existing restrictions on their work, Human Rights Watch said today. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should not approve [ More … ]
The regime of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has unleashed an unprecedented level of violence and repression onto the people of Egypt. However, the European Union has chosen to ignore these pleas and continue cooperation with the Sisi [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch urged the Congress to keep up the pressure even if Trump won’t act on Egypt’s repression. The rights group wrote,”The arrest in Egypt of American-Egyptian dual citizen Amir Nagy, who founded an [ More … ]
Despite Al-Sisi’s words on respecting political diversity and differences, Egypt’s opposition was attacked by thugs during Ramadan party. Egyptian opposition figures said Wednesday that assailants attacked a Ramadan party they hosted in Cairo, pelting them with plates [ More … ]
“The Egyptian authorities have allowed local Bedouin tribes to play a role fighting armed groups in the northern Sinai Peninsula following last Friday’s mosque attack near the city of Al-Arish that left more than 300 [ More … ]
Two Republican U.S. senators slammed Wednesday a law recently passed by Egypt’s Al-Sisi as “draconian” for imposing heavy restrictions and effectively banning the work of non-governmental organizations – the latest among measures cracking down on [ More … ]
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