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Abdel Fattah el-Sissi took office as the sixth president of Egypt in June 2014 after a 2013 military coup that deposed former President Mohamed Morsi.

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Reports & Analysis

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LGBTQ rights in Egypt: Queer community battles crackdown

LGBTQ rights in Egypt: Queer community battles crackdown

Despite reports on increased digital targeting of LGBTQ people, the online crackdown has been systemic, observers say.
SocietyMarch 30, 2023
Alaa Abdel-Fattah

Egypt: New push to free activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah

Egypt: New push to free activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah

Could global pressure improve Egypt's dire human rights record and boost the country's desolate economic situation?
PoliticsMarch 18, 2023
A man in Cairo walks past a foreign exchange office with a huge dollar note poster

Egypt: President El-Sissi's difficult economic makeover

Egypt: President El-Sissi's difficult economic makeover

The economic crisis and IMF demands mean investment is vital for Egypt, but military-run projects could be a dampener.
PoliticsFebruary 16, 2023
Mada Masr's journalists (left to right): Rana Mamdouh, Sara Seif Eddin, editor-in-chief Lina Attalah and Beesan Kassab in front of the Cairo Appeals Prosecution after being released on bail.

Egypt: Crackdown endangers the last bastion of free press

Egypt: Crackdown endangers the last bastion of free press

Egyptian authorities have increased pressure on Madr Masr after a critical report.
PoliticsSeptember 14, 2022
Sanaa Seif, the sister of Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, .

Egyptian activist 'disappointed' with German politics

Egyptian activist 'disappointed' with German politics

The sister of Alaa Abdel-Fattah, Egypt's best-known political prisoner, speaks to DW about her brother's hunger strike.
PoliticsJuly 28, 2022
A Saudi man smokes a cigarette and reads something on his mobile phone in Riyadh

How cybercrime laws are silencing dissent in Mideast

How cybercrime laws are silencing dissent in Mideast

Many Mideast countries misuse cybercrime legislation to crush dissent. Could a new UN treaty save critics?
PoliticsMay 13, 2022
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In the spotlight

Protesters with handcuffs stand next to a 'Stop Political Executions in Egypt' banner during the demonstration in London

UN asked to monitor Egypt human rights

More than 170 European politicians have signed a letter asking for closer focus on human rights in Egypt
Human RightsFebruary 3, 2022
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Egypt: 'Lifting emergency is just a PR stunt'

Analysts doubt that the situation in Egypt will change. A tangible signal could be the release of political prisoners.
PoliticsOctober 29, 2021
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Opinion

Kommentarbild Emoji Frau dunkle Haut

Egypt is synonymous with hopelessness

Farida Layl
Commentary
PoliticsJanuary 25, 2021
Autor Rainer Hermann

No beacon of hope, no bridge builder

Rainer Hermann
Commentary
PoliticsFebruary 7, 2020
Autor Rainer Hermann

Egypt's suffering has reached its limits

Rainer Hermann
Commentary
PoliticsSeptember 29, 2019
Autor Rainer Hermann

EU must hold Egypt accountable

Rainer Hermann
Commentary
PoliticsMarch 9, 2019
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A heavy blow to Egyptian civil society

Khalid El Kaoutit
Commentary
PoliticsJune 10, 2017
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Opinion: Muzzling the messenger

Naomi Conrad
Commentary
August 17, 2015