Member of Parliament, Mamdouh Husseiny, called for toughening the penalty for human organ traffickers to the death sentence. The current maximum penalty for human trafficking is life imprisonment for aggravated circumstances.

The timing could not have been more perfect for Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi. His country will host the next session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) scheduled to take place from 24 April to 14 May 2019 at a time when Egypt ranks as one …

The dispute between Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal and the Mostaqbal Watan Party (Future of the Nation), who hold a parliamentary majority, has escalated after the party denounced an earlier statement from Abdel Aal.

Egypt’s parliament yesterday approved a draft law to increase military pensions by 15 per cent, local media reported. The bill’s approval was reported to have aimed for “equality” following a recent increase in the pensions of civil servants and state police.

During the referendum days, the youth, with full consciousness and dedication and bearing their responsibility towards their country, lined up and voted their opinion on amending their country’s constitution. With their bare hands, they wrote their own future and that of their own children. So we should thank Egypt’s youth, …

Much of the focus on the Egyptian constitutional amendments ratified on April 20-22 has been on those allowing President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to stay in power for an additional eight years and gain full control over the judicial branch. However, little attention has been paid to the amendments affecting the …

Egypt’s parliament approved on Saturday El-Sisi’s presidential decree to extend the country’s state of emergency, that has been in effect for two years, for three more months on the grounds of fighting terrorism.

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Omar Marwan said that Egypt’s report on human rights, submitted to African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), explains how Egypt has achieved remarkable progress regarding the human rights situation within the past five years.

In its final statement on the 2019 constitutional referendum, the National Elections Authority (NEA) announced on April 23 that voters had approved the proposed amendments by 88.8 percent, with a 44.3 percent turnout.

Egypt’s National Elections Commission announced April 23 that 88.83% of Egyptians approved constitutional changes during a three-day referendum held in Egypt on April 19-21. The voting for Egyptians abroad took place on April 20-22.