Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory The following is an open letter from the European Working Group on Egypt to European leaders:
European Working Group on Egypt open letter ahead of parliamentary elections
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ISIL Expansion in Middle East Prompts Arab League to Hold Emergency Session
The Arab League is convening an emergency session on Thursday in connection with the July 1 attacks by Islamic State militants on military checkpoints in North Sinai; the simultaneous assaults on more than fifteen military checkpoints killed scores of people, including seventeen soldiers.
Foreign Affairs: Sisi using supposed fight against corruption as cover for it
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is using a supposed fight against corruption as a cover for it and many of Egypt’s anti-corruption agencies are tangled in the same problem they claim to be combating, according to an analysis report published by Foreign Affairs, an American journal of international relations and foreign …
Egypt says commenting on judiciary’s decisions is ‘inappropriate’
Egypt said on Wednesday that describing the trials of ousted president Mohamed Mursi as “political” is a “deliberate” attempt to mislead, stressing that he and others were convicted in “fair and impartial” trials.
Morsi verdict may fuel an endless cycle of violence
A Cairo Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence against deposed President Mohamed Morsi over jailbreaks that occurred during the 2011 uprising. Death sentences were also confirmed for five Muslim Brotherhood leaders, including the group’s supreme guide Mohamed Badie, and 94 others in absentia. The court also upheld life sentences …
Sisi calls for EU funding to combat migration and terrorism
ptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi said on Tuesday that EU investment in migrant home and transit countries can help curb illegal migration.
Armed Forces mandate abroad extended
The National Defense Council held a meeting on Sunday 3/5/2015 under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
Egypt national security linked to Gulf and the wider region
Egypt’s national security is linked to the Gulf states and the wider region – and is not only “internal,” Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said in a televised address on Thursday.
As 22 sentenced to death in Kerdasa case, activists call for abolishing death sentence
Giza Criminal Court has handed death sentences to 22 people accused of storming Kerdasa police station and killing a police officer in July 2013, according to the official EgyNews website.
Egypt urged to reject labelling Qatar and Turkey as supporters of terror
The State Litigation Authority’s lawyer called on a Cairo court to reject lawsuits which demand Qatar and Turkey be classed as countries that support terrorism, judicial sources said.