A group of expatriate Egyptian politicians and political activists are urging the US, UN and multinational bodies in Europe and Africa to pressure the Egyptian government to stop the execution of a dozen members of [ More … ]
Former Egyptian Ambassador to Venezuela was arrested on May 29, after his house had been raided Yehya Nigm, the former Egyptian ambassador to Venezuela was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown destination [ More … ]
Reprieve, a US-based legal action non-profit organization, has released a new report on the death penalty which reveals that Egypt remains the fifth largest executioner worldwide. Since Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi rose to power in a military [ More … ]
A legal communication submitted last week to ACHPR by US-based NGO, raised concerns over the actions of the Egyptian and Ethiopian government in relation to the Renaissance Dam. US registered NGO, Egyptians Abroad for Democracy, [ More … ]
When it comes to Palestine, Egypt gives opposite messages, as the official narrative is completely different from the behavior of security forces on the ground. A citizen that may just waive a Palestine flag in [ More … ]
France is selling another 30 Rafale fighter jets to Egypt in a deal condemned last Tuesday by rights advocates, including the French wife of a jailed activist. The deal, confirmed separately by both countries, will [ More … ]
A report published by an independent online newspaper has narrated the full story of the Sisi regime’s targeting of Juhayna Food Industries, a leading Egypt-based manufacturer specialized in the production, processing and packaging of dairy, [ More … ]
Earlier Monday, the investigative website Disclose said the deal was worth €3.75 billion ($4.52 billion). Egypt signed an agreement to purchase 30 Rafale fighter jets from France, according to the country’s armed forces spokesperson on [ More … ]
Contrary to what the producers of “The Choice 2” series had hoped for, the fifth episode of the series evoked memories for hundreds of activists about the truth of what happened in the dispersal of [ More … ]
Al-Jazeera has published an opinion article by Abdel Nasser Salama, former editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram, Egyptian government-owned newspaper, under the title, “The Missing Truth in the Ethiopian Dam Crisis” that will be reviewed hereunder. “We must [ More … ]
During his first official visit to Cairo, Tunisian President Kais Saied expressed his support to Egypt’s “water security” concerns in the Nile dam row opposing it to Ethiopia and underlined Tunisian and Egyptian support to [ More … ]
Amnesty International’s MENA advocacy director has called on US President Joe Biden to denounce human rights in Egypt and demand change. “Tens of thousands of people have been swept up and detained in Egypt, and [ More … ]
“No one can take a drop of water from Egypt,” Egypt’s Sisi says on GERD dispute, warning Ethiopia dam risks ‘unimaginable instability’, and that Egyptian response will be felt if the country’s water supply is [ More … ]
Sisi’s regime has decided to sell the bulk of government procured COVID-19 vaccines, rather than provide them for free. BY; MAGED MANDOUR The two-dose Astra Zeneca inoculation will be sold for 100-200 Egyptian pounds (EGP), though [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities have executed 16 people convicted and sentenced to death in criminal cases this week, a significant hike in the number of executions in the country. Yesterday alone (Tuesday), authorities executed 11 people in [ More … ]
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