The friends and family of prisoners in Egypt have launched a social media campaign to raise awareness of the dire conditions inside Egypt’s prisons, according to MEMO Under a number of hashtags including the Arabic for [ More … ]
First, democratically-elected President Mohammed Morsi died while standing trial for charges legal observers said were politically motivated. An independent panel of United Nations experts has said the death of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi in [ More … ]
Egyptians take to the streets demanding Sisi’s removal Thousands of pro-democracy protesters have marched in cities across Egypt to demand the resignation of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Videos posted on social media showed demonstrators chanting [ More … ]
Abdullah Morsi, who was an outspoken government critic, died at the Oasis hospital in Giza. The youngest son of late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi died of an alleged heart attack at a hospital in Cairo, sources told [ More … ]
More than half a decade after ‘ Rabaa massacre ‘ the deadly crackdown of supporters of the first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi, human rights activists still call for a probe. Six years ago, Egypt witnessed [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities have again blocked the website of (Void Egypt Prisons) campaign, an electronic platform (https://batilsegnak.online/) that was launched by Egyptian opposition figures from across the political spectrum for the solidarity with political detainees, gaining [ More … ]
The Cairo Criminal Court renewed the detention of former justice minister Ahmed Soliman for 45 days, pending investigations into charges of joining an unlawful group and disseminating false news on Egypt’s political and economic situation [ More … ]
On July 8, 2013, an Egyptian army unit shot and killed 50 Egyptians at a sit-in at the Republican Guard HQ.
Daughter of prominent imam Yousef Qaradawi was ready to go home after court ordered her release, but that hope was short-lived According to MEE , Egyptian prosecutors have levelled new charges against Ola al-Qaradawi, effectively [ More … ]
Dr Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first and only democratically elected president, died in a cage. In a glass box in a Cairo courtroom this past Monday, in visibly poor health, he stood up for the latest [ More … ]
State TV reports Egypt’s first democratically elected president Morsi fainted during court session and died afterwards. Egypt‘s former President Mohamed Morsi has died after appearing in court in Cairo, according to state media. The 67-year-old died after [ More … ]
The popular speaker, who is married to the Muslim Brotherhood deputy head’s daughter, was ‘kidnapped’ on Monday according to his family. Prominent Egyptian Islamic preacher Khaled Abu Shadi has “disappeared” after leaving a mosque in Cairo [ More … ]
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sold his country as an investment destination with the IMF’s help—but the living standards of ordinary Egyptians are plummeting as elites line their pockets. BY YEHIA HAMED * One year after Egypt repositioned itself as [ More … ]
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