Egyptian court condemns 10 Muslim Brotherhood members to death for carrying out attacks against security forces
The death sentences were issued a day after the US government canceled military aid worth USD 130 million to Egypt over the declining human rights record
US resumes military aid to Egypt even as jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah threatens to commit suicide
US president Joe Biden had said during his presidential campaign last year that there will be no more “blank checks for Trump’s favorite dictator,” referring to Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Amnesty International urges US to withhold $300 million military aid to Egypt
Amnesty cited Egypt’s continuously declining human rights situation and systematic abuses against citizens, which fail to meet the human rights conditions set by the US Congress for countries to be eligible for receiving US military aid
Palestinians injured and arrested amid violence in East Jerusalem and other stories
Today we look at the violence against Palestinians in Occupied East Jerusalem, an armed attack on Indigenous people in Colombia, and more
Do not use national security waiver to clear military aid to Egypt, rights groups urge US
Fourteen organizations wrote to the Joe Biden administration urging it not to use a national security waiver to clear military aid to Egypt. The waiver has been used in the past to avoid an evaluation of Egypt’s human rights record as part of the aid is conditional
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