Mubarak

Egyptian activist says she was tortured after authorities abducted her

International human rights groups warn that the Sisi regime is spreading fear amongst his critics and opponents by detaining and torturing the country's leading rights defenders.

Has Sisi's rule reached its breaking point?

The Egyptian government easily silences or dismisses critics but even President Sisi is having a hard time ignoring one wealthy exile sparking protests in Egypt.

Morsi's family beset by tragedy and tormented by Sisi and his allies

The pro-Sisi judiciary in Egypt continues to pursue the family members of the former president Mohammed Morsi.

Morsi's death triggers passive rage against Egypt's surveillance state

Amidst a controlled media narrative and a heavy blanket of government scrutiny, many Egyptians are questioning former president Mohamed Morsi's death in whispers and with discretion.

'If anyone gets rid of Sisi, it’ll be the Egyptian military'

Former ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson said during a panel discussion that Sisi came through the military, and if he leaves, it will be through the same means.

The authoritarianism the Arab Spring fought has been rooted and normalised

It's been eight years since the revolt in Egypt and the irony is that the country is more authoritarian now then it's ever been - and so are its backers.

Sisi’s continuous coup in Egypt

Egypt's Abdul Fatah el Sisi is preparing the ground to demolish constitutional term limits, and he will probably get away with it.

In Egypt a pharaoh rises as a nation is destroyed

Egypt is a nation cocooned in a nightmare, its elite devoid of ideas and adrift in changing region and world.

Istanbul: A haven for Egyptian journalists in exile

Several TV channels linked to the Muslim Brotherhood operate from Turkey since the 2013 military coup in Egypt. They offer a critical viewpoint to people living under the rule of military strongman, Abdel Fattah el Sisi.

Mother of a teen killed in Egypt’s Rabaa recalls her daughter’s sacrifice

Asma al Beltagy was just a teenager when she was killed in one of the worst state-organised mass killing of protesters in living memory, but she believed fiercely in the cause she was defending.

The catharsis of Hosni Mubarak's acquittal

Hosni Mubarak's freedom is legal. However, it was never supposed to be a purely judicial matter and should never have been an acceptable path to resolution after the January 2011 uprising in Egypt.

Mubarak walks free after six years in detention

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is free after almost six years in detention. He ruled Egypt for almost 30 years, but was swept from power in 2011 after mass protests erupted as part of the Arab Uprising.