Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2015
Words of imprisoned Al-Jazeera journalist Muhammad Fahmī: we are not enemies of Egypt
The imprisoned President of the Al-Jazeera English Office Muhammad Fahmī said that he and his colleagues currently detained in Egypt are not enemies of the state; rather, they are allies of President ‘Abd al-...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2015
The strangling of civil society in Egypt deepens
Targeting NGOs, President ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī signed several new laws including measures to monitor and weaken civil society in Egypt. The new laws require many organizations to re-register in order to continue operating, meaning that many will be...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 20, 2015
Sīsī admits to human rights violations by the Egyptian police
President ̔Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī admitted that the Egyptian police were involved in human rights violations in the alleged ongoing campaign against the supporters of former president Muhammed Mūrsī. Sīsī gave his comments on the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 14, 2015
President ̔Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī today issued a presidential decree to license an Anglican church.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 16, 2015
ʿAbd al-Rahman YŪsIf, (son of the Islamic Missionary Yusūf al-Qardāwī) as well as other members of the Muslim Brotherhood attacked the Egyptian President ʿAbd al-Fatāh al-Sīsī, holding him responsible for the killing of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya at the hands of ISIS. Yusūf said in a comment on his...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 16, 2015
President, Prime and Interior Ministers offer condolences to Pope Tawādrūs for Egyptian martyrs in Libya
Prime Minister Ibrāhīm Mahlab and Interior Minister General Muhammad Ibrāhīm accompanied Egypt’s President ‛Abd al-Fatāh al-Sīsī on a visit to Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo to offer their...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 3, 2015
Badrān: Personal status laws are creating a new generation of children on the streets
Doctor Hudā Badrān, the President of the Egyptian Women’s Union, said that Personal Status Laws are most focused on the role of the family, adding that the laws treat women as they were treated decades ago. She...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2015
The National Council for Women submits proposal to get women into leadership roles
At a UNESCO conference called “Freedom of the Press in the World Today” Egyptian Ambassador Mīrfat al-Tālawī said that for her, the value of the conference lies in getting to know the challenges facing women in...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 11, 2014
In a piece for Egypt Today, AWR reseacher Yosra El Gendi explains the need for dialogue to solve the disagreements between a number of Egyptian NGOs and the Egyptian government. These disagreements began in mid-2014 when an advertisement in Al-Ahram stated that all NGOs in Egypt must register...