A picture taken on January 16, 2022 shows the Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in Badr city, 65 kms east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, during a government-guided tour for the media. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images) Law & Accountability Egypt Extended Imprisonment: T…
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Lebanon must cover urgent war-related costs while protecting the country’s exchange rate.
Fifteen years ago, people across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) took to the streets to demand “bread, freedom, and dignity.” It was not the first time that protesters in the region had organized around socioeconomic rights and it would not be the last. Today, these demands remain unresolved. Across many MENA …
Khartoum, April 07 (Darfur24) Residents of Khartoum State have reported sharp increases in transportation fares, fuel prices, and the cost of bread, reflecting mounting economic pressures on households across the العاصمة. Citizens told Darfur24 that public transport fares have risen significantly in recent days, despi…
Development & Economy Law & Accountability Egypt Egypt’s Fourth Cycle UPR: Economic and Social Rights In the framework of Egypt’s fourth cycle of UPR, TIMEP—together with the Egyptian Front for Human Rights, MENA Fem Movement for Economic, Development, and Ecological Justice, the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Fre…
A destroyed ATM by a boarded bank facade on July 2, 2021, in Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo by Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images). Development & Economy Tunisia Bretton Woods Institutions Turn 80: Time to Retire Their Failed Economic Recipes in MENA? Despite the mountain of evidence on the failure of their policies, the IMF and the…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) condemns the Egyptian authorities’ resort to security solutions in dealing with citizens expressing their grievances over the current economic crisis. This is evidenced by the arbitrary detention of critics of current economic policies and their inclusion in state security ca…
EFHR monitored on February 14, 2024, the decision of the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) to renew the detention of Islam Mamoun Massir Mohamed Mamoun and Hazem Ahmed Saeed Ibrahim for 15 days pending investigation in case No. 3036/2023, accusing them of joining a terrorist group, forming a group on the socia…
A guard inside one of the watch towers of the Tora prison on the southern outskirts of Cairo, February 11, 2020. (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images) Development & Economy Law & Accountability Egypt Shareholders in Repression: Economic Predation in Egypt’s Prisons The commoditization of repression in Egypt’s…