Exiled Egyptian contractor-turned-whistleblower Mohamed Ali called on Egyptians to gather on the roofs of their houses at 6pm on Thursday, in the latest of a series of protests demanding the ouster of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Media organizations received instructions from security agencies to attack the National Council for Human Rights and its head, following a statement it published criticizing recent police violations, media sources told Mada Masr.
Aisha Al-Shater has been in hospital for a week after her health seriously deteriorated following a second hunger strike in protest against her prison conditions.
Shortly after his arrest on September 29 from the Dokki police station, where he had been serving a probation sentence, activist and writer Alaa Abd El Fattah was blindfolded and taken to the maximum security wing of Tora Prison.
The Egyptian prime minister has told parliament that the country is facing a “non-conventional war” and that he will not allow “chaos” to spread.
Eight years after the eruption of Egypt’s historic January 25 revolution, Egyptians are back on the streets protesting. But over the last eight years a lot has changed, and a lot hasn’t.
Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory