A series of leaked videos from inside one of Egypt’s newly constructed prisons has raised serious concerns among rights groups and activists about the conditions of political prisoners, including lack of medical attention, solitary confinement, [ More … ]
Egyptian opposition leader Hisham Kassem has begun a hunger strike while he stands trial on slander and verbal assault charges, his lawyer said on Saturday. The publisher had been charged last month with slander of [ More … ]
The Tunisian Ennahda Party leader was taken from prison to a national security forces’ base in El-Aouina to be investigated by an anti-terrorism unit. Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s largest party, Ennahda, has decided [ More … ]
Although Egyptian authorities sometimes release murderers and criminals in the spirit of Eid al-Fitr, many activists, journalists, and other political prisoners remain behind bars. In addition, many of political detainees are held without trials and [ More … ]
Several Egyptian and international human rights organisations have recently reported numerous suicide attempts and hunger strikes among detainees. Human rights groups said on Monday that collective punishment is taking place at Egypt’s Badr prison complex, [ More … ]
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) said its lawyers heard for the first time Monday the testimonies and pleas of political prisoners from Badr 3 prison, after weeks of complete absence of any news [ More … ]
Human rights organizations say the United Nations must adopt a resolution on the dire human rights situation in Egypt. Reactions have continued to the leaked message from prisoners at Badr-3 Prison, which highlighted the violations [ More … ]
An Egyptian prisoner has died in Zagazig Police Station due to the bad conditions of his detention and lack of adequate medical care. A detainee has died in Egypt’s Zagazig Police Station after deterioration of [ More … ]
The founder and former CEO of Egypt’s Juhayna Food Industries (JUFO.CA) and his son have been released after about two years in detention, reported Reuters. Safwan Thabet and his son, Seifeldin, were released from prison [ More … ]
Ten months after emergence of a footage showing Egyptian police seemingly torturing detainees in a Cairo police station, 22 people have now been handed long prison sentences—not for engaging in torture, but for exposing it. [ More … ]
Sexual assault of detainee Omar Mohamed Ali in the notorious Badr Prison has been denounced by six Egyptian human rights organizations. The Aassociation for Freedom of Thought and Expression, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights [ More … ]
Amnesty castigated the ‘inhuman conditions’ at Egypt’s new jail, Badr 3 Prison, where relatives, lawyers of inmates at Badr 3 facility report insufficient food, clothing and books, inadequate medical care, bans on family visits Badr [ More … ]
A Saudi court issues prison sentences from ten to eighteen years to ten Nubian Egyptians who were arrested after holding a community event in 2019 Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court on 10 October handed prison [ More … ]
A Saudi court has given a woman 45 years in prison for social media posts, a watchdog said, in latest example of crackdown on women activists, following a visit by US President Joe Biden to [ More … ]
A new political prisoner has died in prison due to the inhumane conditions of detention place in Minya El-Qamh, Sharqia, according to Committee for Justice. The Committee for Justice human rights organization monitored on Thursday, [ More … ]
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