Egypt: Electricity Cutbacks Threaten Rights

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A child looks at a mobile phone during planned load shedding that the government has begun to overcome the pressure on electricity demand due to increased consumption amid a heatwave in Cairo, Egypt, July 23, 2023. © 2023 Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters (Beirut) – The Egyptian government is limiting electricity use with daily power cutbacks nationwide, putting people’s economic and social rights at risk, Human Rights Watch said today. The cuts appear to last longer in rural areas, which have higher poverty rates, and have left many people without power amid soaring temperatures,…

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