Date of source: Saturday, January 23, 2021
Controversy hits Egyptian social media days before the tenth anniversary of the January Revolution, as the regime brands the 25th of January as a National Police day, as well as announcing the issuance of a coin bearing the slogan ‘January 25 is Egypt's Police day’.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
A few weeks ago, Turkish authorities released an Egyptian terrorist sentenced to death in Egypt for his role in the Kerdasa [Kirdāsa] Massacre after detaining him for six months without explaining the reason for his detention or his subsequent release.
Date of source: Monday, January 18, 2021
A human rights delegation visited Ṭura Prison and inspected the prisoners’ living conditions there after accepting an invitation from the Ministry of Interior.
Date of source: Monday, January 18, 2021
The Cairo Criminal Court held on Sunday a conference for looking at an imprisonment renewal order for the Egyptian lawyer, Hudā ʿAbd al-Munʿim, and the detainee ‘Āi’sha al-Shāṭir daughter of the prominent leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Khayrat al-Shāṭir.
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2021
On Sunday morning, the Ministry of Interior organized a tour inside Egypt’s Prisons Authority for human rights organizations and foreign media outlets to inspect prison conditions.
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2021
During his visit to Ramallah, Chief of the Egyptian Intelligence Agency Major General ʿAbbās Kāmil has relayed a message from Egyptian President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī to his Palestinian counterpart Maḥmūd ʿAbbās. Major General ʿAbbās Kāmil conveyed Egypt’s insistence that a just solution to the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2021
On Sunday, the summary proceedings court in Egypt ruled to confiscate the finances of 89 leaders and members of the Muslim Brotherhood and transfer them to the state treasury.
Date of source: Saturday, January 16, 2021
Hours after Washington classified the “Ḥasm” Movement in Egypt and the “Wilāyat Sīnāʾ” Organization, which is affiliated with ISIS, as foreign terrorist organizations, the American State Department announced placing Egyptians Yaḥyā al-Sayyid Ibrāhīm Mūsā and ʿAlāʾ ʿAlī Muḥammad al-Samāḥī on the...
Date of source: Friday, January 15, 2021
On August 14, 2013, the Egyptian government broke up the Rābiʿa and al-Nahḍa sit-ins after roughly six weeks since deposing the Muslim Brotherhood from power. Afterwards, several of those participating in the sit-ins fled to Turkey.
Date of source: Thursday, January 14, 2021
Ṣafwat al-Sharīf, former Minister of Information under late president Ḥusnī Mubārak, died at the age of 88. His death came following a struggle with leukemia, and several days after becoming infected with the Coronavirus.