Date of source: Monday, January 11, 2021
Egyptian Musician Hānī Mihannā’s statements about prison conditions in Egypt for senior businessmen, politicians, and ministers at the beginning of President al-Sīsī’s reign in 2014 has sparked controversy.
Date of source: Saturday, December 19, 2020
“Egyptian Family values”; this term that has been repeated for months in Egypt when directing accusations against young women wearing “liberal clothes” for violating the “conservative values of the Egyptian family.” This astounding accusation and the outrage of the Egyptian society have suddenly...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Lawyer Karīm ʿAbd al-Rāḍī said that the Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to detain Haytham Ḥassan, journalist for al-Masry al-Youm [al-Miṣrī al-Yawm], for 15 days under pending investigation case number 586 of 2020. This is the same case number for film producer Muʿataz ʿAbd al-Wahāb...
Date of source: Monday, November 30, 2020
Joint investigations into the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni between Egypt and Italy, which have been going on for over four years, have temporarily come to a halt.
Regeni was a graduate student at the University of Cambridge, conducting doctoral research in Cairo. He then disappeared,...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Dr. Nīvīn al-Qabbāj, minister of social solidarity, said that the 2019 law for regulating NGOs resembles some of the best laws for NGO work around the world.
Date of source: Friday, December 4, 2020
Reverend Rifʿat Fatḥī, general secretary for Evangelical Synod of the Nile and the Evangelical Church’s representative in the personal status law discussions, said that the Evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox Churches have come to an agreement on the provisions of the personal status law.
Date of source: Sunday, November 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: Wednesday, November 11, 2020
A church source warned against getting carried away with people who provoke sectarian strife, especially on social media.
Date of source: Thursday, September 17, 2020
Four months since Tik Tok star Mina ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz was arrested, she has returned to ordinary life after undergoing psychological rehabilitation as ordered by the Public Prosecution.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 10, 2020
The National Council for Women (NCW) praised the public prosecution and Public Prosecutor Ḥamāda al-Ṣāwī’s decision to use another measure stipulated in Article 201 of the criminal procedure code as an alternative to keeping Mina ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz in remand detention.