Mother of Alaa Abdel Fattah starts hunger strike to protest his continued imprisonment
Despite being scheduled for release on September 29, Egyptian authorities have refused to release Abdel Fattah
¿Será Bangladesh otro Egipto?
Desde que Sheikh Hasina dimitió, se ha producido una oleada de detenciones selectivas y ataques contra su partido y sus aliados. Vijay Prashad advierte de que el gobierno interino puede alejar al país de los sentimientos originales de los estudiantes manifestantes.
Will Bangladesh be another Egypt?
Since Sheikh Hasina resigned, there has been a wave of targeted arrests and attacks on her party and its allies. Vijay Prashad warns that the interim government may steer the country away from the original sentiments of the protesting students
Gaza ceasefire talks: Why Palestinians question the recent US proposal
The diplomatic efforts of US and Israel stand in sharp contradiction with Israel’s genocidal military operations on the ground, backed by the US
Cost of living crisis worsens in Egypt soon after the IMF loan deal
Egyptians, already reeling under a cost of living crisis amid record-high inflation, are suffering a further erosion of purchasing power
“There’s no explanation for Israel to be killing women and children,” says Lula in Egypt
Brazil’s president made the statement during his visit to Egypt and while Israel was escalating attacks against Rafah
Turkish President Erdogan makes rare visit to Cairo ending decade-long hostility
The Turkish and Egyptian Presidents demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The countries have been at odds since the coup that overthrew then Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in 2013
West Asian governments take assertive stances against Israeli occupation and its crimes
A large number of Arab and other West Asian countries have defied the US pressures and openly taken a stand against the Israeli war in Gaza for the first time in decades
“Are we not brothers in blood, suffering, and historical conflict?”: Egyptians defy repression to stand with Palestine
The people of Egypt have defied repression, persecution to stand with the Palestinian people. Following mass protests in solidarity with Palestine on October 20, over 40 people were arrested by authorities
Egypt announces presidential elections in December amid deepening political and economic crisis
It is expected that President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will contest for a third term. El-Sisi won the 2014 and 2018 elections with huge margins following what critics described as sham processes
Rights groups urge Egyptian government to release imprisoned political activist Mohamed Adel
After having already spent five years in pre-trial detention, Adel was sentenced this week to four years in prison on charges of spreading false news and involvement in an unlawful group, among others
Activists Mohamed Adel and Mahmoud Hussein face state persecution in Egypt
The continued persecution of activists brings into question the legitimacy of claims made by President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi that the state is trying to engage with the opposition through the so-called national dialogue initiated earlier this year
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