Local activists plan to hold a protest outside the African Union Summit in Johannesburg on Friday in support of Dr Abdus Salaam Jad Bassiouni. Dr Bassiouni is an Egyptian born South African citizen who is currently being detained in Egypt without charge and subject to human rights abuses within the[…]
A group of Muslim lawyers and activists have called for the arrest of Egyptian president Abdel Fatah El Sisi when he arrives on South African soil next week. The Egyptian leader will visit South Africa on June 16th for the 25th African Union (AU) summit in Johannesburg. The Muslim Lawyers[…]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has apologised to the nation for human right abuses committed by the police. “I apologise to every Egyptian citizen who has been subjected to any abuse. I am accountable for anything that happens to an Egyptian citizen,” Sisi said on Sunday, a year after he[…]
Egyptian military forces will begin to evacuate more homes opposite to the borderlines with the Gaza Strip come July, in an ongoing expansion of the no-go area between Egypt and the Palestinian coastal enclave, Egyptian military sources said Saturday. A fertile ground for smuggling tunnels running underground between the[…]
A small crowd gathered at the Blackpool hall in Salt River on Wednesday evening in a collective effort from civil society to stand against oppression in Egypt. The Justice for Egypt rally was hosted in order to increase awareness around the current political situation in Egypt as well as the[…]
An Egyptian appeals court on Thursday annulled a decision to drop a murder charge against former president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising. The Court of Cassation accepted the prosecution’s appeal against the dismissal of the murder charge against Mubarak, who had initially[…]
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is in Berlin for meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German leaders amid widespread concerns about the ex-general’s government’s human rights record. Last month, Parliamentary Speaker Norbert Lammert cancelled his planned meeting with Sisi, citing the Egyptian government’s “systematic persecution of opposition groups” and other[…]
Civil society activists will be out in full force for a rally on Wednesday evening, aimed at highlighting the deteriorating human rights situation in Egypt. The North African state and its military leader turned president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have been the subject of both internal and external criticism following a[…]
The Egyptian government’s offer of a seven Egyptian pound ($1) bonus payment for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has sparked widespread ridicule among Egyptians on social media. The country’s Minister for Supplies Khaled Hanafi said on Monday that he hoped the amount would help Egyptians buy what they needed for[…]
A court in Cairo has adjourned the final ruling on a death sentence recommendation for former president Mohamed Morsi. The judge in the case postponed the verdict until June 16. Morsi entered the courtroom for the hearing on his death sentence on Tuesday as fellow defendants chanted with “down, down[…]
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