Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2021
On Sunday, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sāmiḥ Shukrī and Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿĀṭī participated in a meeting about the Renaissance Dam with their Sudanese and Ethiopian counterparts under the supervision of South Africa.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 18, 2020
On December 18, the European Parliament voted on a resolution on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt. The EU Parliament demanded that Egyptian authorities immediately release 25 detainees and cooperate with Italy over the murder case of Italian student Giulio Regeni. It also...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 14, 2020
Israelis believe that the Egypt’s reaction to the implementation of the plan to annex areas in the West Bank and impose Israeli sovereignty over them would be “restrained,” based on past events targeting Palestinians like the Intifadas, wars in the Gaza Strip, and the Trump administration’s...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 3, 2020
The voice of Lebanese singer Fayrūz [Fairouz] has borne the capacity to respond to people’s pain in their wars and suffering. However, in a video clip she posted to her YouTube channel on Friday, she chose to raise her voice in prayer by reading out loud from the Bible.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 25, 2020
The Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman said that he is praying that the messiah will come shortly before Passover, the symbol of deliverance, to save Israelis from the Coronavirus. Litzman, who is affiliated with the United Torah Judaism Party, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish Party associated with...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 29, 2020
Since Joe Biden won the American presidential election, Egypt has been sending mixed messages on the issue of human rights. It released 400 political activists, some of whom had been detained for over four years. Then came the campaign of arrests that included the leaders of the Egyptian...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 2020
Egyptian and French officials held discussions on Sunday related to terrorism, extremism, and political developments in the region.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 5, 2020
On Wednesday, August 5, the Egyptian Public Prosecution revealed that the public prosecutor had ordered an investigation into the sexual assault of a woman at the Fairmont Nile City Hotel in Cairo, following a report from the National Council for Women.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 1, 2020
Journalists and human rights lawyers announced that photojournalist Muḥammad al-Rāʿī was freed Sunday after disappearing three days ago.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 27, 2020
Eight human rights organizations repeated their demands for the immediate release of Coptic activist Rāmī Kāmil and the dropping of the trumped-up charges against him after an entire year since his arrest. They also called for the end of mistreating Egyptian human rights defenders and especially...