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(Washington Post) AFTER MEETING Egyptian ruler Abdel Fatah al-Sissi last Saturday, Vice President Pence told reporters that he had raised the cases of two Americans unjustly imprisoned in Cairo as well as the treatment of nongovernmental organizations and religious freedom. Those are all matters in which the Egyptian regime has egregiously violated human rights, including those […]

(Amnesty International) The arrest of presidential candidate and former Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Sami Anan, is an attack on the rights to public participation and freedom of expression by eliminating any serious opposition to President Abdelfattah al-Sisi in the upcoming presidential elections, Amnesty International said today. “This arbitrary arrest of a potential presidential candidate shows

Egyptian authorities have detained the last major challenger to the re-election of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi: Sami Anan, the former military chief of staff. Anan, who had announced his candidacy just last week, was taken to the Military Prosecutor’s office in Cairo, according to his son and one of his …

Egypt’s Sisi Launches Presidential Bid After Biggest Rival Arrested. Jan. … FILE PHOTO: People walk by a poster of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi from the campaign titled “Alashan Tabneeha” (So You Can Build It), for the upcoming presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, January 22, 2018.

His arrest came shortly after the army made a statement on state TV saying that his candidacy was invalid due to the fact that he had not properly ended his service at the military, a requirement for running for office under Egyptian law. The army said…