Under the state of emergency, the president and security services were granted wide-reaching powers
New parliamentary formation to be engineered by the National Security Agency
Why will Egypt have been under a state of emergency for nearly 18 months when the most recent extension ends in October? Emergency State Security Courts are a big reason.
Parliament approves Emergency Law amendment to address void left by 2013 constitutional court ruling
Zaki was referred to an emergency court weeks before the years-long state of emergency ended
Transparency around the military will be further reduced by the final piece of legislation
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential decree on Saturday extending the state of emergency in North Sinai for another three months.…
Chief of the Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation, Ali Fadaly, has declared a state of emergency in all metro stations today…
An administrative court ordered the end of the state of emergency on Tuesday, despite earlier statements by the Cabinet that it was due…
The conservative Islamist group Jama’aal-Islamiya has called for protests against the restrictive new bill regulating protests, which is expected to be signed…
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