The United States plans to withhold $85 million in military aid to Egypt because of Cairo’s failure to meet the U.S. conditions on freeing political prisoners and other issues, reported Reuters, citing a congressional notification [ More … ]
An Egyptian court extends detention of former senior state TV presenter and rights defender Hala Fahmy, ignoring reported violations against her, reported Committee for Justice (CFJ). Egypt’s Badr Criminal Court has decided to renew the [ More … ]
Despite the intense propaganda to promote a new phase of political openness in Egypt, there have been more arrests in 2022, and more people were subjected to illegal arbitrary practices. The Egyptian regime’s propaganda machine [ More … ]
Ahead of COP27, the Egyptian human rights coalition on Cop27 calls for opening civic space and releasing everyone arbitrarily detained in Egypt. In the run-up to COP27 Sharm El Sheikh, the Egyptian human rights coalition [ More … ]
The New York Times has analyzed handwritten lists of names to track the thousands of people trapped in a system where detention can be renewed indefinitely, making a mockery of the legal limits. A newly [ More … ]
Without legal grounds, Abdel Qawi Fathallah is still in detention despite a decision to release him 6 weeks ago The case of Abdel Qawi Fathallah, who remains behind bars despite a court ordering his release [ More … ]
It has been reported through local media and social networking sites that an Egyptian businessman died inside one of the National Security Sector’s headquarters in Egypt after enforced disappearance. Khaled Saad Al-Adawy, an Egyptian businessman [ More … ]
Egyptian writer and Sisi critic Amin El-Mahdi died a few days after he was released from pretrial detention, which raised questions among Egyptian activists on the causes of his death. Amin El-Mahdi was first imprisoned [ More … ]
The Human Rights Watch has most recently called for urgently ending detention and torture of children, especially in light of the outbreak of coronavirus in the country, with the risk of its spread among prisoners. [ More … ]
Egyptian politician, Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, reportedly went into a coma in detention after allegedly being attacked by jailers Saturday. Abu Ismail’s medical condition was resulting from being “attacked and assaulted by jailers” in Egypt’s [ More … ]
On November 3, the World Youth Forum(WYF) took place for the second consecutive year in Sharm el-Sheikh under the patronage of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. As a specially selected group of Egyptian youth was welcomed in [ More … ]
Egyptian former anti-corruption chief Hisham Genena will face military trial after saying a presidential candidate he supported had documents damning to state officials, his lawyer said on Thursday. He will stand trial on April 16 [ More … ]
Crispin Blunt MP, Lord Edward Faulks QC, and Dr. Paul Williams MP have released a report with findings into the detention of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. The report was published by the Independent, British [ More … ]
The UK Detention Review Panel (DRP) has issued its official report on the detention conditions of Dr. Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president who was overthrown by the military in 2013. The UK Detention [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch sharply criticized Egyptian authorities on Monday for a series of “arbitrary” arrests of political opponents of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi ahead of next month’s presidential election, which the watchdog considers “unfair”, reported Associated Press. [ More … ]
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