In devotion of Robert Springborg’s description of Egypt as “beggar state”, with respect to reliance on foreign support, South Korea announces it will lend Egypt $1bn, as soft loan South Korea has announced that it [ More … ]
When criticized on human rights violations during the World Youth Forum that he organizes every year, Sisi said Egyptians don’t find food. A few days later, his security forces arrested an opposition activist whose plane [ More … ]
Sisi says the country spent $400 billion to address poverty and improve people’s living Three days ago, Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt spent 400 billion dollars over the past seven years to tackle poverty, [ More … ]
Egypt’s highest court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and prison sentence of rights defender Amal Fathy Egypt’s Court of Cassation on 11 January 2022 upheld the imprisonment of rights human defender Amal Fathi although the [ More … ]
A preliminary Italian court hearing for reopening the Giulio Regeni trial was held in Rome on 10 January 2022. Regeni, an Italian postgraduate student at Cambridge University, was conducting research in Cairo when he disappeared [ More … ]
A report argues that Egypt’s economic situation is not sustainable, pointing to Lebanon’s fiscal meltdown as a cautionary tale for Egypt. Robert Springborg, adjunct professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University, who is considered [ More … ]
US authorities have arrested a New York man who spied on political opponents of Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Justice Department said. Pierre Girgis, 39, was charged in New York with acting illegally as an [ More … ]
In the latest assault on the media in Egypt, prosecutors have interrogated Khaled al-Balshy, editor-in-chief of Darb, an independent news website, over allegations of publishing fake news and misusing social media On January 4, Egyptian [ More … ]
The Egyptian authorities have released the Egyptian activist, of Palestinian origins, Ramy Shaath, one of the founders of the “Israel Boycott Movement”, according to AFP, citing a judiciary source. Egypt’s prosecution on Monday ordered the [ More … ]
Egyptian officials on Sunday pushed for calm between Israel and Hamas and called to adhere to a ceasefire in place since the war in May. The Egyptian efforts came a day after Hamas launched rockets [ More … ]
Ola al-Qaradawi has recently been released from prison pending further investigation in a decision by the public prosecutor. Ola has denied all charges against her, saying that she was arrested only for being the daughter [ More … ]
Former MP and prominent Muslim Brotherhood politician Hisham Hanafi, 61, dies in prison from medical negligence, according to his family. Hisham al-Qadi Hanafi, a former Egyptian MP with the Muslim Brotherhood, died on Thursday in [ More … ]
Egypt’s Sisi has imposed a ban on growing ornamental plants under the pretext of saving water for fruitful crops, which has sparked wide-range anger on social networking sites. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued orders to the [ More … ]
Dr. Mahmoud Ezzat, 77, says he has not been allowed to leave his solitary cell for 16 months, and that he has not been able to meet his lawyers or family. Dr. Mahmoud Ezzat, the [ More … ]
The most recent verdict against three prominent activists, including Alaa Abdel Fattah, the icon of the January Revolution (2011) has raised widespread international condemnations, especially that the verdict was issued by an emergency court. Last [ More … ]
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