Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 21, 2015
When President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi attended the Judges Day celebration at the High Court of Justice this month, he told an audience of judges and prosecution officials: “I was keen, since I took responsibility, on reaffirming the independence of the judiciary.”
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 20, 2015
Egypt's President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi said Tuesday that those questioning his government about human rights and freedom of expression are ignoring the fact that his country of 90 million lacks development, investment and desperately needed stability.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 15, 2015
The U.K. Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood called on Egyptian authorities during his meeting with President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi Thursday to review the case of Aljazeera journalists and to take more steps for the political reform.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 13, 2015
Six months into his rule, on the first day of 2015, President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi called for a “religious revolution” in a televised speech, while addressing a crowd of largely religious clerics. The room broke into applause.
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 11, 2015
TV presenter Ahmad Mūsā said that during Mursī’s rule, the former president had ordered Muhammed Ibrāhīm, Minister of Interior at the time, to arrest al-Sīsī who was the Minister of Defense under his mandate. Mūsā added that Ibrāhīm informed al-Sīsī of the former president’s request, which made him...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 3, 2015
ʿAbd Allah al-ʿAdhba on the anniversary of Mursī’s deposition: is it better now?
ʿAbd Allah al-ʿAdhba, editor of the “Arab” newspaper, wonders if the situation in Egypt can be considered improved in the second anniversary of former President Mursī’s deposition. He wrote on his Twitter page that he...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 2015
Preliminary results from the first round of parliamentary elections suggested that the electoral coalition 'For the Love of Egypt' ('Fī Hob Misr') has made sweeping gains, with Al-Nūr Party far behind in second place.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 27, 2016
The unprecedented inclusion of nine people with disabilities in the Egyptian parliament raises questions as to whether it will bring about legal advantages for such persons in Egypt.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 2, 2016
Egypt's President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi said on Monday that he does not mind criticism, stressing that it is his job to placate disgruntled youths, a day after a cartoonist was arrested for what critics suggest was retaliation for caricatures mocking the former army chief.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 2015
U. S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chairman Robert P. George said that the religious situation in Egypt has “complicated' over the past year, although President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi made 'noteworthy' statements to urge religious reform.