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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
Australian man Hazem Hamouda has “vanished” in Egypt after failing to turn up at a police station where he was due to be released after languishing in one of Egypt’s most notorious prisons for more [ More … ]
David D. Kirkpatrick was Cairo bureau chief for The New York Times between 2011 and 2015, and is the author of a recent book on the country. Egyptian officials detained a New York Times correspondent [ More … ]
Yellow vests have become the symbol of an ongoing protest movement in France Rights group Amnesty International called Monday for the release of an Egyptian lawyer arrested after posing in a photo wearing a yellow [ More … ]
Egypt’s parliament voted to lift term limits from president, allowing Sisi to rule till 2034 Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, has moved one step closer to staying in power until 2034 after parliament advanced a bill that [ More … ]
US organization Freedom House has ranked Egypt 126th out of 195 countries when it comes to public freedoms. According to a new report by the organization based on 2018 data, Egypt and Sri Lanka “are [ More … ]
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