A member of the Egyptian House of Representative presented a proposal to the government on Wednesday suggesting a boycott be imposed on Turkish products of all kinds.
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Egypt activist dies in Scorpion prison after medical negligence
Egyptian activist Mahmoud Abdel-Majeed Mahmoud Saleh died inside Egypt’s notorious Scorpion Prison on Saturday evening as a result of medical negligence, his sister said.
Read More »Egypt’s parliament to discuss bill on establishing endowment bodies for churches
Egypt’s government has referred on Thursday, a draft law on the establishment of endowment bodies for the Catholic and Evangelical churches to the parliament.
Read More »Cairo court renews Fotouh’s detention for 45 more days once again
The Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday ordered former-presidential candidate, and head of the “Strong Egypt Party”, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh be detained for a further 45 days, over accusations of leading a terrorist group.
Read More »Jailed Egyptian ex-army chief who tried to run against Sisi is freed
Egypt on Sunday released from jail a former military chief of staff arrested in 2018 after he tried to challenge President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a presidential election, a senior official said.
Read More »Egypt reinforces security ahead of Christmas season
Egyptian security forces were heavily deployed in Cairo and other governorates over the past few days in a campaign to protect churches, some mosques and vital economic facilities ahead of the New Year and Christmas celebrations.
Read More »HRW: Jailed Activist’s Life May Be at Risk in Egypt
Egyptian prison authorities should immediately provide jailed pro-Muslim Brotherhood activist Aisha al-Shater with critically needed medical care, allow her family visits, and release her if there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing, Human Rights Watch said today.
Read More »In 1st ruling of its kind, court invalidates order for activist to spend 12 hours in police station as part of probation sentence
An administrative court ruled on Monday to invalidate the order by the Daqahlia security director and the head of the Aga police station to compel April 6 Youth Movement co-founder Mohamed Adel to spend 12 hours every night — from 6 pm to 6 pm — inside the police station …
Read More »Lawyers: New case against Qassas a tactic to keep political prisoners jailed beyond 2-year remand detention limit
Mohamed al-Qassas, the Strong Egypt Party’s deputy president, was ordered released from prison last week after spending 22 months in remand detention only to find his detention would continue on fresh charges in a new case three days later. Defense lawyers criticized the move as a cruel tactic by authorities …
Read More »Egypt as an Authoritarian Vanguard
Among the hundreds of chants by Arab protestors in Algeria, Sudan, Iraq, and Lebanon during recent months of demonstrations, in what may be considered a second wave of the so-called Arab Spring, those directed against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi have been particularly prominent.
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