The whistleblower whose video revelations about President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s palaces sparked mass protests and a fresh crackdown in Egypt told Middle East Eye in an exclusive interview that he will not stop until the dictator is removed.

Activist and journalist Israa Abd El Fattah told the State Security Prosecution on Sunday that she was beaten and tortured to force her to unlock her phone, and announced that she is on hunger strike to protest her treatment, her lawyer said, a day after she was arrested by national …

Egyptian parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal expressed his determination to form a special parliamentary committee focused on combating hate speech and violence.

As a wave of renewed protests against Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi spread across the country in mid-September, Egypt’s major internet service providers restricted access to international news sites which covered the protests, including the BBC and Al Jazeera, as well as social media platforms including Facebook.

Prominent Egyptian journalist and former activist Israa Abdelfattah has gone missing after being detained by plainclothes officers on Saturday night in the Egyptian capital, a friend who witnessed the incident said.

Egyptian authorities deported Italian journalist Francesca Borri on Thursday after briefly detaining her on arrival at Cairo Airport, the journalist told Middle East Eye.

The anti-government demonstrations that broke out in a number of Egyptian governorates Sept. 20 were met with further restrictions on the press and other media, including the blocking of several international news websites, the denial of internet access and the hindering of social networking sites.

Exiled Egyptian contractor-turned-whistleblower Mohamed Ali called on Egyptians to gather on the roofs of their houses at 6pm on Thursday, in the latest of a series of protests demanding the ouster of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Media organizations received instructions from security agencies to attack the National Council for Human Rights and its head, following a statement it published criticizing recent police violations, media sources told Mada Masr.

Eight years after the eruption of Egypt’s historic January 25 revolution, Egyptians are back on the streets protesting. But over the last eight years a lot has changed, and a lot hasn’t.