Date of source: Saturday, January 17, 2015
During his visit to Egypt, German Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid Christoph Strässer said that fighting terrorism should not violate human rights. He also criticized the highly controversial Protest and NGO laws, both of which have created much heated...
Date of source: Thursday, January 15, 2015
The U.K. Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood called on Egyptian authorities during his meeting with President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi Thursday to review the case of Aljazeera journalists and to take more steps for the political reform.
Date of source: Sunday, April 5, 2015
The President of Sudan succeeds in building relations of trust between Egypt and Ethiopia
The issue of the Nile’s waters necessitates the development of an Egyptian- Sudanese cooperation in order to fulfill the interests of these two countries without neglecting the interests of the other Nile...
Date of source: Monday, February 8, 2016
Three years ago, on February 27, 2013, we interviewed Aḥmad Ashūsh in our office. These were the days of President Muhammad Mursī and we then made efforts to understand the motivations of the different people involved various Islamists movements. Aḥmad Ashūsh was arrested in October 2013 for the...
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 2015
Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised its concern about what it called “travel restrictions” on civilians in Egypt, saying that the state is turning its borders into “de facto prison walls”.
Date of source: Saturday, October 31, 2015
Freedom House classified Egypt as “not free” with regards to freedom on the internet from June 2014-May 2015 in its latest report released on Tuesday.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 30, 2015
A program that provided more than three million Egyptians with free access to Internet services was abruptly shut down on Wednesday, according to Facebook, the social media company that provided the program in cooperation with Egyptian cellphone company.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 29, 2015
In 2015, Egyptian authorities imposed 13 publication bans, in which journalists were prohibited from reporting on certain cases until investigations into these cases had been completed.
Date of source: Sunday, December 27, 2015
The year 2015 witnessed a number of initiatives and reconciliation attempts between the Muslim Brotherhood and the current regime in Egypt. However, the Egyptian Government did not respond to these initiatives, mainly because some of the initiators, despite declaring their good will, others...
Date of source: Friday, December 25, 2015
“In international law,” tweeted Muhammad al-Barādē`i on December 22, “the UN Security Council can turn to the International Criminal Court (ICC) the crimes of enforced disappearance even if the country [where the crime is committed] is not a party in that court.”