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Egypt Latest News

Egypt’s spy chief ‘Abbas Kamel’ claims US agreed to jail activist ‘Mohamed Soltan’

July 14, 2021 MEO Staff

Instead of moving against the existential danger posed by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the Egyptian diplomacy moves for the arrest rights defender Mohamed Sultan!! Egypt’s spy chief Abbas Kamel has claimed that Washington signed [ More … ]

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In Egypt, you can get 15 years in jail for a tweet: WP

September 1, 2020 MEO Staff

In the six years since Abdel Fatah al-Sisi assumed the presidency in Egypt, the country has devolved into the deepest human rights crisis it has experienced in decades. In the face of this downward spiral, it’s not [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egyptian star Amr Waked given eight years in jail for criticizing Sisi regime

March 8, 2019 MEO Staff

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 … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt is jailing more journalists on ‘false news’ charges than anywhere else in the world

December 17, 2018 MEO Staff

Three times more journalists were jailed this year on “false news” charges than in 2016 — and Egypt led the way, reported Poynter. According to a new report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists on [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Elections in Egypt, Sisi or no one

December 21, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

As the presidential elections scheduled to take place in 2018, the political arena seems empty of any candidates. Some declared their withdrawal from the elections, other hinted that he would exit the elections and the [ More … ]

Bahrain latest news

Bahrain jails citizen for pro-Qatar social media post amid ongoing Gulf spat

June 15, 2017 MEO Staff

Bahrain jailed one of its citizens for comments made on social media, reports said, in the first arrest of its kind since passing a controversial law criminalizing sympathy with Qatar. Last week, Bahrain authorities followed [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Generation Protests in Egypt Turned to Generation Jail

March 19, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Amnesty International once described the Egyptian youths as “Generation Protest”,  the generation who took to the streets in Egypt to bring down a dictator in 2011. But unfortunately, the Egyptian youths have now acquired a grim new [ More … ]

Jordan Latest News

UAE jails Jordanian journalist over Facebook comments

March 16, 2017 MEO Staff

A UAE court jailed a Jordanian journalist for three years over Facebook comments deemed insulting to the United Arab Emirates, Emirati state media and a Jordanian press union said. An Abu Dhabi court jailed Wednesday [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Saudi court sentences foreign workers to jail and flogging for protesting their delayed salaries

January 4, 2017 MEO Staff

Dozens of foreign workers have reportedly been sentenced to flogging and jail in Saudi Arabia for unrest which erupted after wages went unpaid by the Binladin Group The Saudi Criminal Court in Makkah has sentenced [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt’s Parliament Approved A Bill That Curbs The Work Of NGOS  

November 16, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s parliament has approved a bill that curbs the work of the non-governmental organization.Human rights groups say that the new bill effectively bans their work, reported Reuters . By the parliament’s approval, the bill is [ More … ]

Palestine Latest News

Bilal Kayed on Hunger Strike For 39 Days Protesting Israeli Administrative Detention

July 24, 2016 MEO Staff

The Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayed continued his hunger strike for the 39th. consecutive day in protest against being held without charge or trial in Israeli jails after the expiration of his 14.5-year sentence on 15 [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

President Morsi Sentenced to Life in Prison in a ‘fundamentally unfair’ Trial

June 19, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced the first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi to life in prison and an additional 15-year prison sentence in what is known as the Qatar espionage case. Life sentences in Egypt are [ More … ]

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Israel reportedly carried out drone strikes on an Iranian factory

Iran Latest News
January 29, 2023

‘To save Egypt’s economy, get the army out of it’: The Economist

Egypt Latest News
January 28, 2023

Egypt: Independent organizations submit a new human rights report to the UN

Egypt Latest News
January 27, 2023

West Bank: Israel kills nine Palestinians in a new ‘massacre’ in Jenin

Israel Latest News
January 26, 2023

Egypt: ‘Inflation is so high that eggs are a luxury’, says NYT

Egypt Latest News
January 25, 2023
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