Repression Bound

The Egyptian Bar Association announced Thursday an "unlimited" strike to condemn the imprisonment of six colleagues for a court brawl with three clerks earlier this month. "We are immediately suspending all of our activities, we will stop appearing before the courts...

An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced in absentia a Spain-based critic of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to life in prison over calls for anti-government protests, state media reported. Mohamed Ali, a construction contractor and fledged actor, burst onto...

“Chicken feet are good for you…” The Egyptian pound traded Wednesday at half its value from March after the central bank intervened for a third time as part of an International Monetary Fund loan agreement. The devaluation, representing a drop of around 50 percent...

Tunisian prosecutors asked the top judicial body to strip 13 judges of immunity so they can be tried on terror charges, their lawyer said Wednesday, describing the case as "purely political". The move comes nearly seven months after President Kais Saied sacked 57...