Many Egyptian expatriates have encountered difficulties in obtaining official documents from embassies and consulates, due to reasons that range from punitive measures to profit-driven motives.

Since seizing power in 2014, Egypt's military ruler el-Sisi has ramped up the security state to unprecedented levels, crushing his opponents with a repression so severe it outdoes even the harshest of his predecessors.

The dismissal of Defense Minister Mohamed Zaki by the head of the Egyptian regime Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who appointed him in 2018 for his key role in the coup against President Mohamed Morsi, has raised many questions.

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights revealed the most significant official document regarding the Rabaa and Nahda events, which included an admission of the involvement of security agencies in the deadly dispersal without regard for consequences.

The 2013 Egyptian events were similar to what happened with generals and leaders of comparable coups, they thought they had escaped consequences, but they fell into the trap and were apprehended unexpectedly, an end Sisi is still unaware of.