A teenager has been sentenced to five years in prison in Egypt after a teenager committed suicide after images doctored to make her look naked were shared of her online.

The details of Egypt’s recent currency devaluation and economic conditions went viral on social media yesterday, following an announcement by the Central Bank that it has raised interest rates alongside the devaluation of the Egyptian pound. After the announcement, the US dollar traded at 18.25 pounds, after standing at 15 …

Amnesty International, yesterday, called on the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, to release the retired journalist, Tawfik Ghanem, who has been detained since May 2021.

Egypt’s state television workers are protesting over the failure of employers to pay their bonuses over several years, bringing into focus the financial problems facing state media in the country.

Amnesty International urged Egypt on Saturday to stop the “shameful” prosecution of journalist Rasha Azab, who the organisation said is being tried for supporting alleged sexual violence victims.

A new law approved on Tuesday by the Egyptian parliament, turning the name of prisons into “correctional facilities” and prisoners into “inmates” has been met with widespread satire on social media.

Egypt’s public prosecution claim that detainees in leaked jail “torture” videos had “inflicted injuries on themselves” using a coin.

The latest Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) investigation analysed data leaked from accounts held by the two sons of late Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at a Zurich-based bank. The findings were however met with limited media attention in Egypt.

The Cairo Criminal Court has adjourned the trial of a social media influencer who has been charged with human trafficking and the commercial exploitation of children.

Prison sentences handed out by an emergency court to writer and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer and blogger Mohamed “Oxygen” Ibrahim have been ratified, confirming that the two years for which the defendants were held without trial will not be deducted from their sentences, lawyers told Mada …