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Amnesty International decried Egyptian prison conditions on Monday, 10 years after the Arab Spring revolution began in the country.
‘Utterly deplorable’: Egypt’s ‘abusive’ prisons denounced
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The Implications of Egypt’s Military Economy
The Carnegie report “Owners of the Republic: An Anatomy of Egypt’s Military Economy” details how the…
21/09/2020
Anti-gov’t protests in Egypt’s Giza amid tight security presence
Dozens of anti-government protesters took to the streets in the Egyptian governorate of Giza on Sund…
30/07/2020
Egypt sends 150 troops to Syria to ‘fight for Assad’
Egypt has reportedly sent 150 soldiers to fight alongside Bashar al-Assad‘s regime in a planne…
20/07/2020
Egypt’s parliament approves sending troops abroad to protect ‘national security’
Egypt’s parliament has approved the deployment of troops outside the country to protect “…
23/03/2020
HRW: Egypt’s Security Forces Disappear, Torture Children
Egyptian police, National Security Agency, and military officials arbitrarily arrested, forcibly dis…
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Islamic State kills 1, wounds 3 in Sinai
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack that Egyptian security forces said killed one security officer and wounded three other people in the Sinai Peninsula early Thursday.
UN expert condemns Egypt’s detention of journalists, human rights defenders
A UN rights expert condemned Egypt for targeting journalists, human rights defenders and their families, and called on authorities to stop silencing dissent and shrinking civic space in the country.
Regeni case: Rome’s Public Prosecution requests initiation of Egypt officers’ trial
The Public Prosecutor in Rome on Wednesday officially requested legal action against four Egyptian National Security Agency officers accused of the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in 2016.