Rights groups have called for the immediate release of an Egyptian cartoonist who wrote on Facebook he was being arrested shortly after posting online a video tribute to the country’s 2011 uprising on the 10th anniversary of the first mass demonstrations which overthrew longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak.

Protesting workers at a branch of the state-owned Delta Company for Fertilizers and Chemical Industries have found themselves subject to a staunch crackdown, including the arrest of at least 13 workers since last week.

A man who filmed scenes of chaos at a hospital treating Covid-19 patients was summoned by Egyptian police for questioning on Monday, local sources told Middle East Eye, following outrage online caused by the footage.

Five relatives of Egyptian oppositionist and actor Hisham Abdullah have been arrested, a human rights group has revealed.

One police officer and other three criminals were killed, Monday in exchange of gunfire in Egypt’s Damietta according to Ministry of interior.

A young boy who was forcibly disappeared in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has turned 15 away from his family, two years after he was forcibly disappeared.

Italian prosecutors in Rome announced on Thursday that they plan to seek charges against four Egyptian security officers over the torture and death of Italian student Giulio Regeni, in a major breakthrough following a lengthy investigation.

The arrest of a prominent Egyptian businessman and owner of a popular chain of stores has prompted criticism of the government’s targeting of influential businessmen perceived as allies of the opposition.

Egypt’s public prosecution on Saturday ordered to imprison Juhayna Food Industries company chairman Safwan Thabet for 15 days on charges of “funding a terrorist group”.

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior has finalized all security preparations to secure the run-off parliament elections through a comprehensive security plan.