The Biden administration on Tuesday approved a massive $2.5 billion arms sale to Egypt despite ongoing concerns over human rights.

Human Rights Watch has urged the European Union not to launch a proposed joint bid with Egypt to lead a global counterterrorism body, deploring the country’s nation’s treatment of critics.

Several Democratic members of US Congress have urged the Biden administration to reprogramme $130m in aid to Egypt that was withheld last year, unless Cairo clearly meets certain human rights conditions.

The CATO Institute’s latest Arms Sales Risk Index has ranked Middle East and North African countries at the top for the “riskiest” nations receiving the largest US arms sales.

The European Union is planning a joint bid with Egypt for the leadership of an influential international organisation shaping global counter-terrorism policies.

The candidate for the Presidency of Germany’s Greens Party, Omid Nouripour, has called on the new government in Berlin to stop arms exports to Egypt and Saudi Arabia over human rights violations.

Many human rights organisations, political activists and reports point out unambiguously that the people of Egypt have lived under a brutal police state since the 2013 military coup. From Human Rights Watch to the Arab Centre in Washington DC, it has been made crystal clear that Egypt has become a …

Jan. 25 marks 11 years to the day when thousands of Egyptians marched to Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square to demand “Bread, Freedom and Social Justice!” Little did the anti-government protesters know then that it was to be the start of a mass uprising that 18 days later would lead to …

Ramy Shaath, an activist who spent two and a half years imprisoned, has described Egypt under President Abdel Fattah el Sisi as a “banana republic,” Monte Carlo International reported on Wednesday.

The director of the Arab Network for Human Rights has told The New Arab’s Arabic language service that his organisation has suspended its activities due to an unprecedented increase in the pace of repression in Egypt.