At the end of 2021, one year after the regime in Egypt expressed its intention to improve the conditions of civil society, many observers noted that this improvement process began to take shape in the middle of 2022. Some cases were closed, and the executive regulations of the Law on Associations were issued after being suspended for more than two years. At the end of summer, a human rights strategy was adopted in Egypt, after which several detainees were released, and the cases of others were referred to courts. These developments signaled that the status of human rights and civil society would improve in the upcoming year. However, there are some negative indicators revealing attempts at subverting this process, such as the quick issuance of harsh sentences against the detainees referred to courts, the persisting restrictions on the freedom of expression, and the delays in rectifying the status of civil society organizations.