A Cairo court has upheld prosecutors’ decision to close the investigation into economic researcher Ayman Hadhoud’s suspicious death in a psychiatric hospital The Egyptian court on Thursday upheld prosecutors’ decision to close the investigation into [ More … ]
Over twenty human rights organizations have called for the immediate and unconditional release of lawyer and rights activist Mohamed El-Baqer These rights groups, includig Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), Egyptian Commission for Rights [ More … ]
DAWN has stated that the detention of Anas El-Beltagy after four acquittals shows abuse of power and collective punishment of the Beltagy Family The Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) rights group has called [ More … ]
Egypt’s coastguard is set to receive €80 million ($84.2 million) from the EU to prevent boats carrying asylum seekers from leaving its shores for Europe. A paper drafted by the EU Commission last week says [ More … ]
The Israeli government has reportedly approved ‘a special program to strengthen economic relations with Egypt’, reported INSS. Citing Ofir Winter, a researcher, the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) reported that the Israeli government last [ More … ]
Aisha El-Shater, 41, daughter of Muslim Brotherhood senior leader Khairat El-Shater, and her husband lawyer Mohamed Abo Horeira are on trial by the Emergency State Security Court on bogus charges These bogus and trumped up [ More … ]
Amid a world food crisis, largely affecting Egypt, Sisi has called for an international solution to the global grain crisis, while addressing the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Friday said, [ More … ]
As the European Union is supporting the Egyptian government financially to face the country’s economic hardships, it should also back the Egyptian people in the face of the regime’s abuses. Last Wednesday, Ursula von der [ More … ]
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced yesterday that the EU has allocated 100 million euros (about 104 million U.S. dollars) in “an immediate relief” to Egypt’s food crisis. In a joint [ More … ]
Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, and Carey Mulligan are among the signatories to a letter to Liz Truss and the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Hollywood stars urged US and UK to help secure [ More … ]
Although the April 6 Youth Movement received an invitation to Egypt’s national dialogue, others are facing exclusion for criticizing the regime According to Diaa Rashwan, head of the Journalists Syndicate and the newly named coordinator [ More … ]
Oil prices staying at $122 per barrel will cost the Egyptian budget $7.2 billion, Egyptian Finance Minister has told CNBC Arabia. Egypt’s Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said Sunday that higher global wheat prices and pressure [ More … ]
The Human Rights Watch organization states in a report that in response to torture complaints, the Egyptian regime punishes victims of torture, not the police officers that practice it, where “trial of alleged torture victims [ More … ]
A famous Azhar preacher , known for criticizing the regime of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has been given 15 years in prison for trumped up charges The Cairo Criminal Court Thursday sentenced Egyptian A-Azhar University Professor [ More … ]
Egypt could receive more than $600 million from the World Bank and the European Union to help it deal with growing food insecurity Egypt stands to access more than $600 million from the World Bank [ More … ]
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