Human Rights Watch accuses Egyptian media outlets of threatening its staff
Human rights continues to dominate the conversation on Egypt in the global press following week’s publication of a 134-page report accusing security forces of misconduct in North Sinai. Human Rights Watch is claiming that the domestic press has threatened its employees, the Associated Press reports, while the Washington Post is out with an editorial about the report.
Other headlines worth a moment of your time:
- Former New Yorker Cairo correspondent Peter Hessler’s book The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution is “an eclectic, beautifully written narrative that weaves a portrait of contemporary life in Egypt together with the complex strands of its pharaonic past,” Rachel Newcomb writes in a review for The Washington Post.
- The New York Times’ Teo Bugbee reviews hit Egyptian film Yomeddine, which he describes as an “empathetic” debut from director A.B. Shawky that applies an unusual subject.
- Convenient whipping boy: Netflix is considering a boycott of Georgia over a draconian abortion bill, but “maintains unwavering partnerships with countries like Egypt, where abortions are illegal, and China, where Muslims are being held in internment camps,” Fox News whines.
- The strengthening of the EGP is suspicious, Mohamed Hammad writes for The Arab Weekly, suggesting that the authorities are supporting the currency ahead of the removal of fuel and electricity subsidies in July.