Egyptian security forces arrested a male Egyptian media student on Tuesday following the killing of a female student studying at the same institution, The New Arab’s Arabic-language service Al-Araby Al-Jadeed has reported.

The Egyptian Minister of Defence and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General Mohamed Zaki, yesterday amended the medical fitness conditions for military service and grounds for disqualification from compulsory army service.

Human rights organisations are calling on US officials to withhold $300 million of military aid to Egypt as the country has failed to meet the human rights conditions attached to the funding.

Following the July death of a young man held in police custody in Alexandria, claimed by a rights organization to be the result of his subjection to torture, investigating authorities issued an official statement last week to absolve the police force of any responsibility in the case.

Academics in Egypt have been left scratching their heads after a decision by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to grant civilian scientific degrees to students of military colleges.

An Egyptian human rights group said on Wednesday that a 19-year-old was tortured to death in custody in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, while the interior ministry claimed the detainee died of natural causes.

The Sinai Foundation for Human Rights revealed in a report published on Monday the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in the towns of North Sinai. The most abuses, 35, took place in Bir al-Abd, followed by 24 in Sheikh Zuwayed, in addition to an increase in abuses against …

A number of Egyptian human rights groups jointly denounced on Tuesday violations reportedly committed, including physical assault and medical negligence, against two jailed activists earlier this month.

European Union countries have increased their arms sales to Egypt significantly since general-turned-president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seized power following a military coup in 2013.

Mona Seif said on Tuesday that all contact with her brother, prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, has been cut off completely, as his hunger strike reached day 115.