Chair of the National Human Rights Council Moushira Khattab requested on Tuesday evening that imprisoned activist Alaa Abd El Fattah be transferred to an alternative site of detention with superior health facilities.
Wheat prices rose significantly today following India restricting wheat exports — a move that could affect Egypt in particular.
Mustafa Mohamed deferred the sale of the $1,500 he was paid by the company he works for as a freelance translator two weeks ago in hope that the exchange rate of the American currency would rise against the Egyptian pound in the coming period.
For the first time, the newly formed National Council for Human Rights has spoken publicly on the status of imprisoned activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, who on Monday entered his 45th day on hunger strike in protest against harsh prison conditions and his deprivation of basic rights.
A security source denied circulated rumors on a satellite channel loyal to the Muslim Brotherhood about the death of a suspect at a police station in the Matruh Governorate from torture.
As the dispute over the giant hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building on the Nile River continues to linger, Addis Ababa recently unveiled plans to export electric power to South Sudan as part of an electrical interconnection project between the two countries.
Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory