A new scandal by the Egyptian regime Internet providers in Egypt are blocking access to an estimated 34,000 internet domains in an apparent bid to stamp out an opposition campaign launched last week under the [ More … ]
In pursuit ond persecution of Egyptian opponents and their families both inside and outside Egypt, a pro-regime lawyer, Tariq Mahmoud, has filed a complaint to the Egyptian Prosecutor-General’s office, accusing TV anchor Moataz Matar and [ More … ]
A coalition of opposition parties on Wednesday urged Egyptians to vote against constitutional amendments that would potentially allow Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to remain in power until 2034. Egypt’s Parliament, which is packed with al-Sisi supporters, overwhelmingly [ More … ]
On the eighth anniversary of the 25 January revolution, a group of Egyptian opposition in exile voices concern about the state of the nation today The Middle East Eye published today (25 January) an article [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities have executed 32 people since the military overthrew the first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. According to the New Khaleej, Egyptian authorities have executed 32 people in nine cases since the coup [ More … ]
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed off on the release of $US 1.2 billion in foreign military financing to Egypt as reported by Associated Press. A statement by US State Department announced that Pompeo [ More … ]
A wave of legal complaints by pro-government lawyers have been filed against Egyptian leftist leader Hamdeen Sabahi after calling for regime change. During a press conference on Monday, Sabahi condemned last week’s arrest of six [ More … ]
An Egyptian former diplomat was detained by authorities in Cairo on Thursday, just two weeks after calling for a referendum on Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government, said family members. “Security forces took my father, Maasoum Marzouk, [ More … ]
An Egyptian politician has called for a referendum on Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s government. Maasoum Marzouk, a former diplomat, announced a roadmap this week including the suspension of the constitution and the dissolution of parliament if Egyptians [ More … ]
A human rights watchdog says Egyptian authorities “are increasingly using counter-terrorism and state-of-emergency laws and courts to unjustly prosecute journalists, activists, and critics for their peaceful criticism.” Human Right Watch said that the abusive practices [ More … ]
Human rights groups have blasted France for what they call playing a part in Egypt’s “bloody repression” of dissidents by providing the government of Abdel Fatah al-Sisi with state-of-the-art weapons and surveillance systems. A report [ 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 military has amassed a growing business empire under the former general-turned-president, leading to renewed popular resentment. Three years ago, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s government announced that a gleaming new capital city would rise in [ More … ]
Israel’s Embassy in Egypt celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Catastrophe(Nakba Day), which commemorate the catastrophe day of the establishment of the State of Israel, on Tuesday in Cairo. It is the first such event since the [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s unsurprising 97 percent win, announced Monday after a widely-derided sham election, asserts the recession of civil environment in Egypt and thus, reaffirms the exponential power of the military’s influence in nearly every facet [ More … ]
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