Egyptian criticism of Turkey’s plan for a two-state solution peace deal on ethnically divided Cyprus has come as the latest sign of ongoing tension between Cairo and Ankara despite previous diplomatic efforts to rebuild their relations.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned Egypt’s initiation of at least five Emergency State Security Court trials against high-profile human rights defenders, activists and political opponents on alleged speech offences and called to immediately halt the “unjust trials” where no appeal is possible.
Over the past year, a pair of coups aborted nascent and promising democratic transitions in Sudan and Tunisia. Both appeared to be pulled straight out of the Egyptian playbook on how to launch a coup.
Egypt’s foreign ministry rejected on Tuesday the US’ criticism of the jailing of prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, local media outlets reported.
Hundreds of detainees in Egypt’s many prisons woke up last week to arbitrary decisions by the prison authorities to move them to other prisons very far from their homes. They have been sent into internal exile.
Spokesperson for Egyptian Foreign Ministry Ahmed Hafez said that “it is in appropriate to comment or touch on Egyptian court rulings,” in response to a question about statements made by US State Department saying U.S. is disappointed by an Egyptian court’s sentencing.
Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory