Prisoners in Egypt’s notorious high-security Aqrab (Scorpion) Prison have gone on hunger strike in protest at the death of a fellow inmate as a result of medical negligence. Dr. Amro Abou Khalil, a psychiatrist held [ More … ]
One more Egyptian political detainee died in the notorious Scorpion prison Wednesday, 3 September, as a result of medical negligence, his family and human rights advocates said on Facebook. Ahmed Abdelnabi, 63, suffered from “multiple [ More … ]
In the six years since Abdel Fatah al-Sisi assumed the presidency in Egypt, the country has devolved into the deepest human rights crisis it has experienced in decades. In the face of this downward spiral, it’s not [ More … ]
Egypt’s National Elections Authority said boycotting the Senate vote should result in prosecution Egypt’s election commission on Wednesday announced it would refer around 45 million citizens who did not vote in this month’s Senate elections to [ More … ]
The Egyptian opposition “Batel” campaign sent a message to commanders and officers of the Egyptian army, calling upon them to move to face what it described as the disasters caused by the coup leader Abdel-Fattah [ More … ]
Egypt is among the emerging markets “most vulnerable” to debt default as COVID-19 borrowing pressures state finances, a Financial Times report says. The Financial Times report says Egypt, Zambia, and Ghana are the three emerging [ More … ]
A new chapter in the conflict that has been going on for more than three years between Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, came to the fore with the announcement of Al-Azhar’s Council [ More … ]
“Batel” Egyptian popular opposition campaign and movement says referendum should be held to annul Renaissance Dam agreement, known as Declaration of Principles (DoP), signed by Sisi in 2015. The Egyptian popular campaign “Batel” (Void), including [ More … ]
The move comes as the latest round of talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the contentious dam ended with no agreement. Egypt’s request for urgent intervention by the UN Security Council, sources said Ethiopia [ More … ]
The amendments require current and former officers to seek the approval of top military council before running for election Egypt’s parliament has approved amendments to a law that would restrict current and former members of [ More … ]
The Egyptian opposition movement, Batel (VOID), said that it has started receiving reports of injuries and deaths due to the new Coronavirus in Egypt since May 3, noting that it has received “since this date [ More … ]
Doctors in Egypt struggle to get tested for Covid-19 amid massive increase in infection among them. With the increasing coronavirus infections among Egyptian medical teams, including doctors and nurses, last week, suddenly a series of [ More … ]
The Executive Board of the IMF approved Egypt’s request for emergency financial assistance of US$ 2.772 billion to meet the urgent balance of payments needs stemming from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the [ More … ]
The Human Rights Watch has most recently called for urgently ending detention and torture of children, especially in light of the outbreak of coronavirus in the country, with the risk of its spread among prisoners. [ More … ]
The impact of previous IMF-required economic reforms has been hardest on the poor in a country where one in three lives below the poverty line The Egyptian government is seeking an aid package from the [ More … ]
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