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About 1,736 protests took place this year: ECESR

Protests by labour movements were most frequent

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Floatation decision may increase poverty rates in Egypt to unprecedented levels: ECESR

Inflation will not decrease to 20% by the end of this year, as it could increase up to 30% by the middle of next year, according to the report

Rights groups condemn treatment of detained 6 April Youth Movement coordinator

Amr Ali is one of many of the group’s activists who is behind bars

Kowla villagers’ lives deteriorate as government builds New Akhmim City

In a recent study, ECESR said about 1,000 people are directly affected by the development process

Doctors Syndicate, NCHR request to visit detained lawyer Malek Adly

‘His lawyers are denied visits by prosecution authorities,’ states wife

Rights lawyer Malek Adly’s health reportedly worsening in solitary confinement

Despite the lawyer continuing to suffer inhumane conditions, the court will not formally address his complaints until 5 September

Court refers independent trade unions case to Constitutional Court

Unionist lawyers contested the constitutionality of the Trade Union Law

Orchestrated assault: Rights NGOs condemn reopening foreign funding case

Timing of the attack suggests it is punishment for engaging with OHCHR, and the UN secretary-general, according to 17 organisations

NGOs issue statement to provide direction on human rights as parliament convenes for first time

NGOs call for specific legal amendments on rights, freedoms, justice, equality, and religious tolerance among others

Lack of transparency, awareness curbs civil-society action

Environmental issues are often perceived as a luxury, says researcher

Egyptian researcher detained pending investigation

Prosecution accused Alexandrani of belonging to an outlawed group, promoting that group’s interests, publishing false news and spreading rumours intentionally with the aim of terrorising people.

State Council approves appeal on NGOs law

ECESR appealed against articles in the law governing NGOs and civil society

Egypt ranked in high risk category for corruption in defence, security sectors

Detailed defence budgets on global scale not made public, only aggregated numbers are published, says military source

Counter measures to threats should respect rights, rule of law: Rights groups

Extensive analysis and reactions by different groups continue amid tense political climate following Barakat’s killing

Halting capital gains tax blow for social justice: ECESR

Government continues to pursue same polices undertaken by NDP, by favouring interests of investors and businessmen over those of citizens, the statement read

Fabricated charges, arbitrary suspensions in ‘month of labour’: ECESR

Suspended journalists are set to form an “Association for Suspended Journalists” through which they could voice their demands

58 entities, 44 human rights defenders in solidarity with 17 Al-Sabbagh case defendants

Suspects face protest charges, include three eyewitnesses

Protest, investment and BP: Egypt is open for business but not for accountability

With billions of dollars of investment due to flood Egypt, we look at how the government has introduced new legislation to silence citizens’ voices of dissent

15-year-old brother arrested in case of 9-year-old facing military trial

It is unclear whether the minor will be included on charges to face a military tribunal

Security violence has reached ‘unprecedented levels’: EIPR

Rights groups hold interior ministry accountable for deaths at Air Defence Stadium

Egypt’s judiciary – by the government, for the government

In turn, Head of the Supreme Judiciary Council Judge Mohamed Abdelrahim said the president stood by judges against “attempts of intervention from some countries that wanted to comment on some verdicts they didn’t like and asked not to enforce them”.