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Comment: Despite death threats forcing me out of Egypt, I'm lucky compared to the tens of thousands jailed, tortured and killed for speaking their minds, writes Bahey el-Din Hassan
Government reports had alleged that Abdullah Morsi was found dead a year ago due to a heart attack, but his lawyers claim new evidence shows otherwise.
Egypt's senate election farce helps Sisi recruit more loyalists
Comment: Egypt's newly created senate is will have no legislative power, and is just a method of expanding the regime's system of loyalty and patronage, writes Sam Hamad.
Egypt holds low-key Senate elections
Egypt launched a two-day vote for a new Senate on Tuesday, authorities confirmed.
Sisi the so-called secularist sets his sights on Al-Azhar
Comment: Not content with an already severely restricted public sphere, Sisi has moved to bring this 1,000-year-old Egyptian centre of ...
Egypt pressures Spain to extradite dissident activist
Mohamed Ali, who maintains his innocence, has said the charges are fabricated to punish him for his activism.
Egypt is targeting 'evil people' instead of fighting Covid-19
Comment: Sisi is using propaganda tinged with patriotism and tailor-made emergency legislation to target people who dare to speak out against ...
Egyptian judge who drafted anti-torture law dismissed from council
Veteran Judge Asim Abdul Jabbar had been set to resume membership of the seven-member council in 2021, before his name was suddenly dropped off ...
Rights group to 'expose, prosecute' Egypt torture perpetrators
Perpetrators of torture in Egypt could soon be exposed for their crimes, rights organisations have warned, amid a newly-launched campaign to end ...
Egypt must investigate Morsi's mistreatment in jail, HRW says
A year has passed since the death of Egypt's first democratically-elected president.
Anti-coronavirus measures spark Middle East fears of rights rollback
Activists jailed and protest camps destroyed, hundreds arrested for breaking curfew, and prisoners jailed in overcrowded unsanitary conditions: ...
Egypt minister accuses Muslim Brotherhood of hatching coronavirus plot
Egypt's religion minister was mocked online for accusing the Muslim Brotherhood of plotting to infect the armed forces, police and ...
Egyptian court shuts down Shia TV channels, websites
The court ordered that Egytian ISPs restrict access to Shia website, including a prominent news website.
Egypt lawmakers consider granting president power to select mufti
A draft law submitted by MPs proposes that the president should have the final say on the selection of Egypt's highest-ranking Muslim official.
Profile: Lebanon's new government, including first-ever female defence chief
Six women have been appointed in Lebanon's allegedly 'technocratic' government – but are the ministers as fresh-faced as they seem?
Egyptian court demands whereabouts of Arab Spring icon
Many fear Egyptian blogger and lawmaker Mostafa al-Naggar has been killed.
It's time for Congress to defund Trump's 'favourite dictator'
Comment: Congress needs to hold Egypt accountable for its human rights record, and ensure that US military aid is not used to commit human ...
Egyptians call for 'Day of Rage' over 'Sisi corruption'
Millions of Egyptians are heeding a whistle blower's calls for protests on the streets of Cairo, on the online sphere at least.
Fears over Egyptian judiciary's independence arise after Sisi appointments
The independence of the Egyptian judicary is now at risk after the presidency appointed top judges for the first time in Egypt's modern ...
Morsi: From Egypt's president, to Sisi's prisoner
Mohamed Morsi, who died on Monday aged 67, was Egypt's first democratically-elected president but spent just one year in office after the 2011 ...
Egyptian militant handed over by Haftar to face trial
Hisham El-Ashmawy, a high profile militant sentenced to death in absentia by Egyptian authorities, will face a new trial after being ...
Sudan protesters pledge 'million march' for civil rule
Sudanese protest leaders raised the pressure on the country's military rulers on Wednesday, threatening a general strike and calling for a ...
Comment: The armed forces' role as the ruling force of the tyrannical state is now official, writes Sam Hamad.
Egypt to announce referendum results by 27 April
Egypt’s National Elections Authority (NEA) spokesman Judge Mahmoud Al-Sharif said that the final results of the referendum will be announced by ...
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