Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi responded to his country’s criticism of human rights issues, saying the criticism was “very harsh” because Egypt “is committed to human rights under of his beliefs and ideas “. During the session of the “Simulation Model of the International Human Rights Council at the United Nations” at the World Youth Forum currently being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Sisi emphasized an integrated approach and global treatment of human rights in Egypt, referring to the need to take into account the challenges facing Egypt. Could this be a failure of human rights? The President thanked everyone who attended the session, even those who criticized the human rights situation in Egypt. View photos The advantages of comparing online car insurance quotes are the following: Online quotes can be obtained from anywhere and at any time.

CAIRO – 12 January 2021: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said changing situations by force can lead to an uncontrollable destruction as he addressed a session titled 'International Responsibility for Post-Conflict Areas Reconstruction' during the World Youth Forum (WYF). The president underscored Egypt’s readiness to play a positive role regarding conflicts in other countries, saying peace and building are constants to Egypt. The Egyptian state will move to ensure its message is delivered powerfully and effectively in support of UNRWA to fulfill its role, Sisi added. There are currently 5.8 million Palestinian refugees recorded by UNRWA, she added. Nomani said the UN expects 1.3 million Yemeni deaths by 2030, 70 percent of which for reasons other than the conflict, including poverty and malnutrition.

CAIRO - 12 January 2022: Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad stressed that Egypt has taken effective procedures to face the climate change problem although Egypt’s emissions are only 0.6% of these emissions worldwide. Speaking to Sada Al Balad TV channel, the minister reiterated on Tuesday that the fourth edition of the World Youth Forum shed light on the climate change issue after it was also discussed in the previous edition in 2019. She hopes that participants at the forum could reach effective recommendations to face the impact of climate change which affects the food issue. It is expected that the climate change impacts could cause losses worth $300-500 billion between 2030 and 2050, the minister warned. President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi said that the coming eight years are crucial to combat climate change, stressing salience of cooperation between governments and the private sector.

BERLIN (AP) — Victims of torture in Syria and human rights activists say they hope the upcoming verdict in a landmark trial will be a first step toward justice for countless Syrians who suffered abuse at the hands of President Bashar Assad’s government in the country’s long-running conflict. The court heard evidence implicating Raslan in 30 of those deaths, said Patrick Kroker, a lawyer with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights who represented several survivors at the trial. Instances of sexual violence are also being considered as part of the charge, he said. If convicted, Raslan could face life in prison. His lawyers last week asked the court to acquit their client, claiming that he never personally tortured anybody and that he defected in late 2012.

Frost will form in areas of northern Upper Egypt. Tuesday’s weather forecast remains cold during day time on the western coasts, Cairo, northern Upper Egypt and Alexandria. Frost cover expected for northern Upper Egypt and central Sinai. It is expected that the temperature in Cairo will be 19C, in Alexandria and the northern coasts 18C, and in South Sinai 24C. In northern Upper Egypt it is 20C, and in southern Upper Egypt it is 25C.

Chairwoman of the National Council for Human Rights Moshira Khattab delivering a speech at the WYF on January 11, 2022. TV screenshotCAIRO – 11 January 2022: The session of Model United Nations Human Rights Council (MUNHRC), which was attended by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and Chairwoman of the National Council for Human Rights Moshira Khattab, was held Tuesday within the fourth edition of the World Youth Forum (WYF). The chairwoman of the National Council for Human Rights underlined that population growth is a global challenge to resilience against crises. On another level, the chairwoman of the National Council for Human Rights commended the president’s keenness on promoting freedom of creed. On his side, President Sisi addressed human rights in view of population growth, illegal migration, and refugees.

The Egyptian Medical Syndicate announced its follow-up to the recent controversy over the death of the veteran journalist and TV host Wael al-Ebrashy, and denounced and rejected the attack on Egypt’s doctors as one of the means of discharging anger and sadness over his death. The syndicate will also study taking legal measures regarding the incident. It stressed that it affirms its full support for all doctors and medical teams performing their duty, and mourned the 660 doctors who lost their lives to the pandemic. Ebrashy passed away on Sunday evening at the age of 58. He was then admitted to the Zayed Specialized Hospital for treatment after his lung suffered significant deterioration.

CAIRO – 11 January 2022: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi affirmed Egypt's support to all efforts to revive the stalled peace process during his meeting Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Sharm el Sheikh. President Sisi also stressed Egypt's continued support to the Palestinian cause in accordance with international legitimacy, Presidential Spokesman Ambassador Bassam Radi said. Abbas, for his part, hailed Egypt's support to the Palestinian cause and efforts aiming to help the Palestinian people to confront challenges besetting their cause. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Egypt on Sunday to participate in the fourth edition of Egypt’s World Youth Forum (WYF) in Sharm El Sheikh city. President Abbas’ two day-visit comes at President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s invitation to attend the forum activities.

BEIJING (AP) — A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people. The lockdown of Anyang, home to 5.5 million people, was announced late Monday after two cases of the omicron variant were reported. The semiautonomous Chinese city has tightened pandemic-related restrictions in recent days after discovering the omicron variant had spread beyond people arriving from overseas. The Anyang omicron cases are believed to be linked to two other cases found Saturday in Tianjin. The city reported 13 new cases in the latest 24 hour period, down from more than a hundred a day at the peak of the outbreak.

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), one of Egypt’s last independent human rights organizations, closed Monday. ANHRI made the announcement in a statement posted to its website, citing government pressure as the reason for its closure. As part of its mission, ANHRI provided legal defenses to victims of human rights violations. In a statement, ANHRI described political instability and expansion of arrests against human rights defenders, journalists and political activists as reasons for the organization’s closure. ANHRI’s executive director, Gamal Eid, said: “We are suspending our institutional work and activities today, but we continue to be lawyers who have a conscience, and as individual, independent human rights defenders will work side by side with the few remaining independent human rights organizations, independent human rights defenders and the entire movement.”ANHRI’s closure comes amid an increasingly severe crackdown on journalists and human rights organizations.

Carlos Queiroz, coach of the Egyptian national team, settled on pushing Trezeguet and Omar Marmoush in the starting line-up of the Egyptian team against Nigeria today, Tuesday, at the opening of the two teams’ campaign in the African Nations 2021. Queiroz’s intention is to push a formation that includes Mohamed El-Shennawy in goalkeeping, Akram Tawfiq and Mahmoud El-Wensh Ahmed Hegazy and Ahmed Fattouh in defense, Mohamed Elneny, Hamdi Fathi and Mahmoud Trezeguet in the middle, and Mohamed Salah, Omar Marmoush and Mustafa Mohamed in the attack. The draw for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations put the Egyptian team in Group D, which includes Nigeria, Sudan and Guinea Bissau. The dates of the Egyptian national team matches in the group stage are as follows:Nigeria x Egypt at 6 pm on January 11,Egypt × Guinea-Bissau at 9 pm on January 15,Egypt × Sudan at 9 pm on January 19, 2022. Mohamed Salah, the national team player in the ranks of Liverpool, confirmed that the players will do their best during the African Nations Cup to bring the African trophy to Egypt.

CAIRO – 11 January 2022: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi said Tuesday that the coming eight years are crucial to combat climate change, stressing salience of cooperation between governments and the private sector. The president was commenting on the panelists' talk in the discussion titled “The Pathway from Glasgow to Sharm El Sheikh: Combating Climate Change,” held on the second day of the fourth edition of the World Youth Forum (WYF). With regard to pollution, UNEP Director-General Inger Anderson stressed that to optimally combat climate change, countries where emissions originate the most, must take tougher measures in a fast pace. On another level, Ambassdor Amr Nasr, head of Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, lamented that developing countries face a shortage in funding needed to mitigate climate change impact. It is noted that Sharm El Sheikh will also host COP27 later in 2022.

Egyptian actress Yousra has begun filming on her latest role in the drama series “Ahlam Saaeda” (Happy Dreams), set for the upcoming Ramadan drama season. The series is written by Hala Khalil and directed by Amr Arafa, who previously collaborated with Yousra in the series “Saraya Abdeen”. Youstra stars alongside Ghada Adel, May Kassab, Nour Mahmoud and Nabil Nour Eddine, in addition to a group of other actors who will be announced later. in 2002, then “Malak Rohi” in 2003, Yousra is known for performing television series that discuss the most important societal issues. Last season, Yousra presented “Harb Ahlia” (Civil War) with Basil Khayat and Jamila Awad.

MOSCOW (AP) — The authorities in Kazakhstan said Monday that nearly 8,000 people were detained by police during protests that descended into violence last week and marked the worst unrest the former Soviet nation has faced since gaining independence 30 years ago. The country’s Health Ministry said Sunday that 164 people, including three children, were killed in the unrest. As the unrest mounted, the ministerial cabinet resigned and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev replaced Nursultan Nazarbayev, former longtime leader of Kazakhstan, as head of the National Security Council. Speaking at an extraordinary virtual summit of CSTO on Monday, Tokayev promised to reveal to the world “additional evidence” of a “terrorist aggression” against Kazakhstan. Russian President Vladimir Putin echoed his sentiment and called the unrest “an attack on the country” and “an act of aggression” masterminded from abroad.

CAIRO - 10 January 2022: Egyptian 14 Egyptian companies obtained a permit from an international company to manufacture medicines that help reduce the severity of the COVID-19 in simple cases, said Presidential Advisor for Health Affairs, Mohamed Awad Tageldin on Monday. In Media comments to state-owned Channel 1, he added that Egypt would start producing COVID-19 drug this month, stressing that these drugs, with adopting preventive measures and vaccines that represent the main and basic prevention in limiting the disease. Four days ago, a source at the Ministry of Health and Population told Al Watan newspaper Thursday that consignments – whose size ranges between 20,000 and 50,000 doses - of anti-COVID-19 drugs will arrive in Egypt by the end of January. The source elaborated that those include "Baclofen" (20,000 doses); and "Evusheld" (50,000); and the Egypt-produced "Molnupiravir."