News & Reports

By Ronen Bergman and Declan Walsh – The New York Times – A series of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting Egyptian journalists, academics, lawyers, opposition politicians and human rights [...]

By BBC– Egypt’s parliamentary speaker has sparked outrage online after praising Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s infrastructure projects. Ali Abdel Aal made the comments while [...]

By Mada Masr – Parliamentary and security sources told Mada Masr that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a directive to freeze the operations of Parliament, as the president is [...]

By Financial Times – Activist held after reporting to police station. Egyptian authorities have arrested an activist who was an icon of the 2011 revolution as part of a sweeping crackdown to [...]

Washington D.C.—Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee today released the following statement on ongoing protests in Egypt [...]

By Reuters – Egyptian authorities have detained more than 1,100 people, including several high-profile individuals, since the weekend, when protests were held in several cities calling on [...]

By Ewelina U. Ochab – Forbes – On September 23, 2019, the U.S. held an event at the U.N. General Assembly entitled “Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom.” Among the speakers was [...]

By Vivian Yee and Nada Rashwan – The New York Times – Under the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, so little dissent is allowed — and what little there is comes at such [...]

By Jared Malsin and Amira El-Fekki – The Wall Street Journal – Demonstrators defy government crackdown to make first sizable showing since 2016, as Sisi grapples [...]

Press Release published by Office of Senator Rubio – Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Chris Coons [...]