An Egyptian court yesterday requested that Interpol issue an arrest notice for prominent contractor Mohamed Ali and two others for “inciting violence and spreading fake news, and joining a terrorist group.”
Hundreds of Egyptian journalists have called for the release of all political prisoners, local media reported yesterday.
Former Egyptian presidential candidate and physician Abdel Moneim Aboul-Fotouh survived a “severe heart attack” in his Cairo prison over the weekend, his son announced.
The EU spokesperson’s for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Nabila Massrali said on Friday that unilateral measures on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) by any party will not help in finding a solution, and called on a roadmap to help resolve the dispute.
The state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation announced July 19 the completion of the second-phase filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which it is building on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile River.
More than a dozen rights groups have urged the Biden administration to condemn the apparent request by Egypt to imprison an American activist and former political prisoner, and to not use a national security waiver to forward $300m in military aid to the country.
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