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An American student in Egypt has been released after spending over a year in prison after months of pressure from the Trump department.
Egypt's parliament on Monday approved amendments allowing active or former military personnel to run for the presidency and parliament pending the army's approval.
Egypt arrests doctors, silences critics over coronavirus outbreak
Despite an ongoing deadly coronavirus outbreak, Egypt has imposed a crackdown on health workers deemed to be critical of the Sisi regime.
Sisi regime court upholds 15-year sentence for prominent activist
Ahmed Douma, who has been jailed since 2013, has had a 15-year prison sentence upheld.
The final demise of free expression in Egypt's media
Egypt has censored all independent reporting on sensitive political topics, with journalists and social media users only allowed to communicate ...
Egypt executes Libyan militant for deadly police attack
Egypt executed a Libyan militant who was convicted for an attack that killed 16 Egyptian policemen.
Mega arms deal with Egyptian regime exposes Italy's 'hypocrisy'
In-depth: Activists say Italy's $1.2 billion sale of warships to Egypt is a betrayal of murdered student Giuliu Regeni and thousands of Egyptian ...
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.
Egypt detains another journalist on 'fake news' charges
Egypt has already been named the third worst jailer of journalists, after China and Turkey, by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Egypt police raid homes of activist's uncles
The raid, in which young children were reportedly held at gunpoint, followed Egypt's pattern of targeting relatives of dissidents abroad, ...
Fears grow for Egypt's political prisoners as Covid-19 surges
Fears grow for political prisoners in Egypt's jails as Covid-19 spreads amid deplorable conditions.
Explainer: Why is Qatar under blockade by Saudi Arabia?
Today marks the third anniversary of the Qatar diplomatic crisis, with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain still imposing a blockade on ...
Egyptian-American activist sues ex-prime minister over arrest and torture
Mohamad Soltan, a dual national jailed during protests against Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has filed a lawsuit against a former ...
Egypt says 19 suspected militants killed in restive Sinai
Egypt's military said it killed 19 suspected militants with precision airstrikes in the Sinai peninsula.
Egypt kills 21 Sinai jihadists planning 'Eid attacks'
Egyptian authorities confirmed the killing of 21 militants in the Sinai peninsula who were allegedly planning Eid al-Fitr attacks.
Egypt releases Mada Masr editor-in-chief on bail
Attalah was released following her arrest on Sunday outside Cairo's Tora Prison where she had been interviewing Laila Soueif, the mother of ...
Mada Masr editor arrested outside Cairo prison
Egyptian security services on Sunday arrested the editor-in-chief of prominent independent news outlet Mada Masr, its lawyer said, the latest in ...
Egyptian military kills seven suspected militants in Sinai
Egypt says that its military has killed seven suspected militants in a 'targeted operation' at a farm in northern Sinai
Egypt leverages 'soft power' through medical aid in pandemic
Egypt is using medical aid as a form of soft power during the coronavirus pandemic.
How jail became a death sentence for Egyptian filmmaker
Comment: Medical negligence for political prisoners means time in Egyptian jail is nothing short of a death sentence, writes Sam Hamad.
Egypt 'summarily executes' 18 arbitrarily detained prisoners in Sinai
Sources who spoke to The New Arab’s Arabic-language service have cast grave doubts on the official account of Monday’s alleged anti-terror ...
Egypt kills 18 suspected militants in Sinai raid
At least 18 suspected militants were killed in North Sinai, authorities said on Sunday.
North Sinai blast kills 10 Egyptian soldiers
At least 10 soldiers, including an officer, were killed in a blast in the Sinai city of Bir al-Abed.
Egyptian former lawmaker Zyad el-Elaimy has been sentenced to a year in prison.
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