Date of source: Sunday, August 25, 2019
Minister of Women's Affairs Dr. Āmāl Ḥamad discussed with Egyptian Ambassador to the State of Palestine ʿIṣṣām al-Dīn ʿĀshūr the mechanisms of cooperation in supporting women's issues, human rights, and gender equality at the embassy in Ramallah [Rām Allāh] today.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Germany criticized the massive arrest campaign conducted by the Egyptian security forces last Friday in advance of demonstrations scheduled for next Friday aimed at asking the Egyptian President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī to step down.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 14, 2019
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that under direct instructions from Minister Riyāḍ Al-Mālkī, Chairman of the Permanent National Ministerial Committee, the ministry is to follow up on the inclusion of the State of Palestine to international treaties and charters. ...
Date of source: Saturday, November 23, 2019
The newspaper “Mada Masr” [Madā Miṣr] said that unidentified security officers wearing civilian clothes arrested Shādī Zalaṭ, a journalist working for the newspaper, at his home early Saturday morning. His arrest came days after he published an article about the new assignment to Russia given to...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 3, 2019
The Arab Media Freedom Monitor (an Egyptian non-profit organization) certified 41 violations of journalists’ rights and a rise in the number of blocked websites to 520 in its June report. The violations included 13 counts related to detention and arrest, 7 counts from precautionary measures, 6...
Date of source: Monday, November 25, 2019
On Sunday the Unites States Commission on International Religious Freedom expressed its strong concerns about the arrest of the Coptic activist Rāmī Kāmil and a recent campaign of repression that targeted activists and journalists.
Date of source: Saturday, October 5, 2019
Water experts criticized Sudan’s former positions in negotiations with Egypt and Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam, saying the positions amounted to political games as opposed to serving the country’s strategic interests. These experts further warned that if the new government under the leadership...
Date of source: Thursday, October 17, 2019
When an opportunity presented itself for a seventeen year old female refugee from South Sudan to flee, she took it. However, upon arriving to Cairo, she was imprisoned in a residential apartment for three months where she was repeatedly raped. After this horrifying experience, she discovered that...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
A number of human rights organizations released a joint statement, expressing their concern about the increase of arrests and detainments throughout Egypt after the protests on September 20th. The organizations stated that operations to kidnap and arbitrarily detain protesters, activists, lawyers...
Date of source: Saturday, September 21, 2019
On Friday evening, protests calling for the downfall of the regime broke out in several Egyptian cities and continued until early Saturday morning. However, most of the Egyptian media didn’t mention them. Their coverage came in different forms: ignoring the protests, reporting inaccurately that...