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Egypt: COP27 focus should be climate, not jailed activist
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister said Thursday that the focus of the UN...
Activist Abd el-Fattah was near death after Egypt prison hunger strike, says family
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) -Prominent Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was close to death...
Factbox-Egypt's election follows long crackdown on dissent
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe vote comes after a decade-long crackdown on dissent that has seen critics from across the...
Egypt's model prison rife with abuses, inmates' families and activists say
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new prison which Egypt touted as a model for reform and which holds some of its most prominent...
Family says Egyptian hunger-striking activist drinking water
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEgypt’s imprisoned hunger-striking activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah has started drinking water again, his...
Egyptian authorities intervene in prisoner's hunger strike, family says
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - The family of jailed Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd...
Egypt puts activist on hunger strike on medical treatment
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe family of imprisoned Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah demanded word on his...
U.N. warns Egypt hunger striker's life in danger as family seek information
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -The family of jailed Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd...
UN experts: Egypt hinders civil society role in COP27
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA group of United Nations-appointed experts on Friday criticized the Egyptian government for...
Egypt hands out life jail terms in trial over 2019 protests
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn Egyptian court on Sunday handed down life prison sentences to 38 people, including a self-exiled businessman whose social media posts helped to spark anti-government protests. Public protests ...