civil society

With elections approaching, NGOs say they are experiencing the same harassment and pressure that they did under former President Hosni…

Thirty-six civil society groups released a statement on 24 August condemning the “smear campaign” being conducted against them by Egypt’s…

Abdel Aziz Hegazi, president of the General Federation of NGOs, said on Monday that he reached an agreement with the…

The State Security Prosecution on Sunday started investigating numerous complaints filed with the attorney general accusing a number of civil…

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has ordered banks to provide the Ministry of Solidarity and Social Justice with information…

The Muslim Brotherhood is currently examining its legal status to decide if it should become a civil society organization, having…

Head of Egypt's High Elections Commission (HEC) Al-Sayed Abdel Aziz has said definitively that there would be "no monitoring" of…

The upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 28 November will not undergo international monitoring after the government declared that allowing such…

Egyptian political groups and movements--including the Kefaya, 6 April, National Association for Change and Muslim Brotherhood opposition movements--have not received…

Legal experts and human rights activists say capital punishment should be ended in Egypt, but considerable time and effort is…