Egyptian journalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada announced on Wednesday that his father has been detained, after he had disappeared for nearly 24 hours. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty demand Cairo to release Ahmed Gamal Ziada’s father, [ More … ]
Alaa Eladly’s daughter ‘Fagr’ chanted against Sisi during a press conference with Merkel eight years ago. She believes the arrest is linked to her opposition to Egyptian leader The father of a German woman who [ More … ]
Egyptian security forces arrested journalist Karim Assaad after reporting on the identity of several officials allegedly aboard plane seized in Zambia carrying millions of dollars in cash, gold, and weapons Egyptian security forces detained a [ More … ]
Egyptian police apprehended, terrorized, assaulted and mistreated a citizen and his son before wife, who was also harrassed by police personnel, reported a rights group. On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, [ More … ]
The Al Jazeera journalist Hisham Abdel Aziz, who was arrested in Egypt in 2019, remains behind bars although prosecution ordered his release last week The Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist Hisham Abdel Aziz, who was arrested [ More … ]
The Tunisian authorities have arrested Ennahda President Rached Ghannouchi and raided the party’s headquarters, in escalation of crackdown on political opponents. In a sharp escalation of the crackdown on President Kais Saied’s political opponents, authorities [ More … ]
Wife of Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer was arrested after criticizing her husband’s detention conditions. Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer’s wife, Neamatallah Hisham, was arrested on Monday after posting on social media that [ More … ]
As the national dialogue approaches amid promises of openness to alternative viewpoints, at least two people have been imprisoned this month for social media posts criticizing the regime. Doctor Hany Soliman appeared before the Supreme [ More … ]
The players, some of whom back the protest movement, were intoxicated at a mixed-gender party when they were detained, according to Government-related media. Numerous unidentified Iranian footballers were arrested in the northern city of Damavand [ More … ]
Several human rights groups have called on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to release the Egyptian-American citizen Sherif Osman, warning that he could face torture and arbitrary detention should he be forcibly returned to Egypt. [ More … ]
Authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have arrested and forcibly disappeared the photographer and international book fairs director of Dar Kotopia, an Egyptian publishing house, Ahmed Diouf. The We Record rights organization stated [ More … ]
Husband of TV presenter Shimaa Gamal detained at his hiding place in the Suez governorate, according to the interior ministry – amid reports that he was deported from Dubai. Egyptian security forces on Thursday night [ More … ]
Political science researcher Amgad Gabbas travelled to Cairo for the Eid holidays last week but has been detained since then Egyptian political science researcher Amgad Gabbas was detained by police while at Cairo Airport upon [ More … ]
Sudan’s military seized power on Monday, 24 Oct., dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the acting prime minister and other officials, according to the Associated Press. Thousands of people flooded into the streets [ More … ]
Alia Mosallam was taken to Egypt’s State Prosecutor’s Office after over 17 hours of detention, before being finally released on bail Monday morning An Egyptian historian was arrested at an airport in Cairo on Sunday, [ More … ]
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