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Egyptian authorities released human rights researcher Patrick George Zaki and human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqeron Thursday, one day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi granted pardons to both men. [read post]
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi announced on Monday via his social media accounts that a state of emergency decree, which has been renewed every three months since 2017, will finally be lifted. [read post]
20 Sep 2018, 11:27 am by Lawrenz Fares
Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] launched a new campaign [AI backgrounder] Tuesday called “Egypt: Open Air Prison for Critics,” to raise awareness of the current situation in Egypt under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi [Al Jazeera profile], who came to power after the 2013 coup. [read post]
20 Oct 2016, 11:30 am
“Nobody can stand [President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi] anymore,” he added of Mr. [read post]
11 Jan 2015, 8:53 am by Patrick S. O'Donnell
So, for example, when a FB friend linked to a speech by Egypt’s president Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi calling for a “revolution” within Islam, I wrote the following: He’s a tyrant, in large measure responsible for crushing the Revolution (such as it was) in Egypt, evidencing no respect for legal due procedure or basic... [read post]
4 Jan 2022, 10:37 am by Karen Gullo
At least 48 human rights defenders, activists, and opposition politicians in pre-trial detention for months and years were referred to the emergency courts for trial just before Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi lifted the state of emergency in October, Human Rights Watch reported. [read post]
30 Oct 2017, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
He was released one month early with a pardon from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and his show resumed in May. [read post]
9 Jan 2023, 6:06 am by Mohamed Mandour
IMAGE: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his US counterpart Joe Biden hold a meeting on the sidelines of the COP27 summit, in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 11, 2022. [read post]
26 Apr 2015, 6:00 am by Howard Friedman
 Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has called for a reinterpretation of Islamic doctrine (see prior posting). [read post]
30 Jan 2018, 7:30 am by J. Dana Stuster
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s potential challengers have been met with legal obstacles and strong-arming; candidates have dropped out of the race under mysterious circumstances, have complained of intimidation preventing them from registering supporters, and been arrested on criminal charges. [read post]
24 Oct 2018, 3:46 am
Erdogan had assumed the so-called Arab Spring would lead to the sprouting of like-minded governments across the region as oppressed Islamists swept to power in a democratic wave.But those dreams were dashed in 2013, when the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Mursi, Egypt’s first elected president, was overthrown by General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi after a year. [read post]
3 Jun 2020, 8:32 am by Alanah Lockwood
No one will be held accountable,’ [President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi] promised his officers in 2013, and this impunity has been the guiding principle informing Egypt’s system of injustice since. [read post]
26 May 2017, 4:12 am
A small Christian community in northern Sinai fled the town of El Arish after a series of gun attacks on homes and businesses....After the Palm Sunday attack, Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, declared a state of emergency....ADDED: Just last month, the Pope visited Egypt. [read post]
4 Apr 2017, 9:30 am by J. Dana Stuster
Human Rights Off the Agenda as Sisi Comes to Washington Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi visited the White House on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump. [read post]
27 Jul 2018, 11:39 am by Malika Hunasikatti
The conviction of Mona el-Mazbouh is just one of many in a series of disproportionate actions taken by General Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s administration against dissent, including similar cases such as the detainment of Egyptian activist Amal Fathy. [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 8:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday to discuss plans for a visit in March by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. [read post]
30 Nov 2020, 3:29 pm by Jillian C. York
Among them is blogger, technologist, activist, and friend of EFF, Alaa Abd El Fattah. [read post]