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Egypt’s emergency law, which has been in place since April 2017, will have new amendments, reportedly giving Sisi and security agencies “additional sweeping powers”. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el Sisi has ratified a host of amendments to Egypt’s emergency law, which an international rights groups says expands “repressive powers” as …

More than 1,100 people have been arrested in Egypt since the weekend when a series of massive protests erupted in several cities to demand the resignation of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, human rights monitors say. Gamal Eid, head of the Arab Network for Human Rights Information, said on Wednesday that …

Egypt has seen the second night of clashes and dozens of arrests in rare demonstrations against President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in the port city of Suez demanding his resignation. Dozens were reportedly arrested and police responded with tear gas. The protests – which …

At least four people, including one civilian, have been killed in militant attacks on a number of security checkpoints in Egypt’s northern Sinai, medics and security sources say. Egypt’s Extra News television said on Wednesday that Egyptian forces were exchanging gunfire with the attackers, without providing any initial details on …