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Sisi Calls for International Interference with Ethiopian Dam Negotiations!

October 6, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Analysts said Egypt’s position is extremely weak… who put #Egypt in this critical situation?!

Egyptian TV Interviews Gulen in Pennsylvania amid Sisi’s crackdown on dissent at home

October 5, 2019 MEO Staff

After several attempts throughout the past three years, Nashaat Al-Dehi, a pro-regime TV presenter, was able to interview the leader of (FETO) the Fethullah Gulen Organization (Classified as a terrorist organization in Turkey and many [ More … ]

Rethinking Trump’s Favorite Dictator: Column

September 30, 2019 MEO Staff

Egypt’s strongman repeats Hosni Mubarak’s errors, to everyone’s peril. Several years ago, in Cairo, I asked Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to name Hosni Mubarak’s biggest mistake. “He stayed in power for a long time,” Egypt’s sixth [ More … ]

‘Sisi isn’t everyone’s favorite dictator’, the Guardian says amid today’s mass protests against Egypt’s dictator

September 27, 2019 MEO Staff

At the UN general assembly in New York, Donald Trump lauded Mr Sisi as ‘a great leader’ when asked about the protests; not a great surprise since he had previously reportedly hailed him as ‘my [ More … ]

Egypt: Mass arrests ahead of Friday protests demanding that Sisi steps down

September 25, 2019 MEO Staff

The arrest campaign by Egyptian security forces against political activists, party and trade union leaders, and opposition forces has continued in a number of Egyptian governorates and cities, coinciding with calls to take to the [ More … ]

Trump backs Egypt’s dictator in face of protests at home

September 24, 2019 MEO Staff

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday gave strong backing to Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as Sisi grapples with protests at home – saying the United States and Egypt have a great long-term relationship. “Everybody [ More … ]

Open Letter from H. Rights Organizations to EU Member States ahead of U.P. Review of Egypt

September 20, 2019 MEO Staff

The next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt’s human rights record is scheduled for 13 November 2019, under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Amnesty International together with 17 other international [ More … ]

Egyptian Contractor and Actor Mohmaed Ali Calls Sisi to Step Down!

September 20, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

#mohamed_ali has urged #Egyptians to protest against Sisi on Friday, “Your time is up,” Ali said, addressing #Sisi. “Your last date with the people of Egypt will be on Friday.”!

British Minister in Cairo for Investment Talks Amid Repression and Mass Trial of Activists

September 17, 2019 MEO Staff

A British government minister has been criticized for travelling to Cairo to discuss investment in Egypt despite concerns raised by human rights groups about the repression and mass trial of activists who could face death sentences [ More … ]

Contractor and Actor Exposing Sisi’s Corruption Ignites Electronic War in Egypt

September 8, 2019 MEO Staff

The controversy over the videos posted on Facebook by the Egyptian actor and contractor Mohamed Ali, who worked for 15 years with the army, turned into an electronic war between regime opponents and supporters of [ More … ]

Facebook Blocks Videos of Egyptian Businessman and Actor Accusing Sisi, His Wife and Military Leaders of Corruption

September 4, 2019 MEO Staff

Facebook deleted videos uploaded by an Egyptian actor and businessman on his Facebook page revealing that Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, his wife, and some military leaders have wasted billions of Egyptian pounds. Egyptian actor and [ More … ]

Egypt: Gov. Decree Allows Disposal of State-Owned Real Estate through Direct Agreement

September 1, 2019 MEO Staff

Egypt’s Official Gazette published on Saturday Decree No. 25 of 2019 issued by Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, which allows disposal of real estate “through direct agreement in urgent cases”. The Prime Minister’s decree allows [ More … ]

Syrians in Egypt fear new worse restrictions to come

August 27, 2019 MEO Staff

Many Egyptians believe their government and its supporters are behind the latest xenophobic campaign targeting Syrian refugees in the country, including attacks on their businesses. The closure of a popular Syrian-owned restaurant in the east [ More … ]

NGOs urge Macron to call out Egypt’s human rights record

August 24, 2019 MEO Staff

Macron visited Egypt in January, and reportedly pressed Sisi on his rights record and urged him to respect freedoms Rights groups Thursday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to denounce the “worsening human rights crisis” under [ More … ]

Sisi Detains Son of Senior Palestinian Official ‘Nabil Shaath’

August 23, 2019 MEO Staff

Nabeel Shaath’s son Ramy has been held since early July, possibly over his ‘opposition to Trump’s Deal of the Century’ Ramy Shaath, whose father is former senior Palestinian diplomat and negotiator Nabeel Shaath, has been [ More … ]

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