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The soon to be joining ride-hailing applications, Uber and Careem, will be required to provide Egypt’s government with customer data if requested according to new law 2180/2019.
New Egyptian Law Requires Access to Customer Data From Careem, Uber
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Normalizing the military judiciary: How the constitutional amendments bring the Armed Forces into Egypt’s judicial system
The day after a set of controversial constitutional amendments were approved in a national referendu…
16/07/2019
‘It exists to demobilise opposition’: How Twitter fails Arabs
In this series of articles, Al Jazeera examines how Twitter in the Middle East has changed since the…
10/07/2019
When doctors don’t help: ‘Medical negligence’ in Egypt’s prisons
When former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi died after collapsing in a defendant’s cage in a …
04/07/2019
Rights group: 3,185 extrajudicial killings in Egypt since 2013
The Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR) said as many as 3,185 civilians have been killed by Eg…
26/06/2019
MEE: Egyptian officials threatened Morsi days before death
Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders in prison in Egypt were given an ultimatum by top offic…
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