While Egypt is seeking ‘exceptional’ treatment by the IMF, the ‘governance issues should be addressed In any coming bailout’ scheme to help government overcome the current economic impasse, states HRW in a report. Egypt is currently [ More … ]
The New York Times has analyzed handwritten lists of names to track the thousands of people trapped in a system where detention can be renewed indefinitely, making a mockery of the legal limits. A newly [ More … ]
A US official report states that the Saudi-led coalition’s deadly attacks from 2015-2021 used jets and munitions largely supplied and maintained by the United States According to the New York Times which saw the US [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch says in a report that the United Arab Emirates’ sweeping legal changes introduced in late 2021 are “deepening repression” in the country, where “Abusive provisions remain and the new measures increase rights [ More … ]
Five human rights organizations have new reports about the human rights situation in Egypt, where they have documented the continued violations of fundamental rights in Egypt under Sisi, reported the Committee for Justice . Amnesty [ More … ]
Egypt has ranked fifth worldwide in underreporting coronavirus and first in the Middle East, according to a report recently published by the World Bank, citing a research paper. According to the World Bank report, Egypt’s [ More … ]
Well-informed Egyptian sources have revealed that unified directives have been circulated by the authorities in Cairo to institutions, councils and professional unions in order to respond to a statement issued by the United Nations, criticising [ More … ]
All the world leaders have seen in the G20 summit which is currently held in Saudi Arabia (virtually due to COVID 19 pandemic situation), however, There was mounting pressure on world leaders to boycott this [ More … ]
A recent U.S. report, prepared by POMED and CIP has questioned the feasibility of the U.S. Security Assistance to Egypt In a new report jointly published by the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and [ More … ]
This spring, as Egypt’s parliament debated handing General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi greater power and allowing him to govern until 2030. Speaker Ali Abdelaal declared the proposals were the will of the nation’s legislature. The ideas, [ More … ]
International indices and reports are periodically produced by international institutions, whether governmental or independent, for those who are interested in understanding what is going on in the world and its expected trends in the future. [ More … ]
The UK Detention Review Panel (DRP) has issued its official report on the detention conditions of Dr. Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president who was overthrown by the military in 2013. The UK Detention [ More … ]
Under Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian police and National Security agents have routinely used torture and enforced disappearances against both criminal suspects and perceived political opponents with near impunity, according to HRW. In 2011, the world [ More … ]
U.S. officials are supportive for the permanent revocation of the economic sanctions on Sudan, says Bloomberg, a business and market news agency, in a report released on Thursday. In line with a five-track engagement over [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* The decision made by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in relation to Turkey was, to put it as lightly as possible, biased and political. PACE, which Turkey is among [ More … ]
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