In January 2016, 14-year-old Mohamed was staying up late studying for midterm exams. One night, unidentified security forces burst into his family’s apartment, stormed his bedroom and upended his desk, driving him away in an unmarked microbus.
“Against the Iranian axis, a resounding and strong regional alliance has been formed. Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, the Gulf countries, and the State of Israel are members of this alliance.”
The Egyptian parliament is scrambling to respond and deal with criticism by the US Congress regarding human rights violations in Egypt.
Rights groups have slammed the Biden administration’s decision to approve a $200m arms sale to Egypt amid reports that Cairo arrested the relatives of Egyptian-American activist Mohamed Soltan.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has said that the Egyptian people have the right to express their opinions and objections, but only if they are “valid opposition”. Sisi made his comment at the inauguration of the Integrated Medical Complex in Ismailia Governorate.
Population growth is a “national security issue,” President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in a public address on Tuesday.
Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory