The foreign ministries of Egypt and France have agreed on the illegality of the MoUs on maritime borders and security signed between Turkey and Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj as it violates international law, an official statement read.
Amnesty: Egypt’s State Security prosecution operating as a ‘sinister tool of repression’
A new report published by Amnesty International exposes how Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecuti…
Egypt is targeting families of exiled dissidents at home, says HRW
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Owners of the Republic: An Anatomy of Egypt’s Military Economy
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Egypt under fire over ‘shrinking’ freedoms, Morsi’s death during UN rights review
Egypt faced strong criticism at a UN review of its rights record Wednesday, with diplomats voicing a…
UN experts: Morsi’s death may amount to ‘state-sanctioned arbitrary killing’
The detention conditions of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi may have directly led to his dea…
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Prominent Egyptian judge Mahmoud Khudairi released after six years in prison
Prominent Egyptian judge Mahmoud al-Khudairi has been released after serving six years in prison, his lawyer said on Thursday.
3 terrorists killed in fire exchange with police in North Sinai
The Interior Ministry announced on Thursday killing of three terrorists in North Sinai after an exchange of fire with the police, in a press statement.
Will Egypt heed US threat of sanctions for Russian jet deal?
Despite threats of US sanctions, Egypt reportedly will obtain two Russian Su-35 fighter jets in early 2020 as part of a $2 billion deal it signed earlier this year; it will receive more of the planes in batches.