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October 28, 2020

Egypt: Prisoners go on hunger strike in protest at inmate’s death

September 8, 2020 MEO Staff

Prisoners in Egypt’s notorious high-security Aqrab (Scorpion) Prison have gone on hunger strike in protest at the death of a fellow inmate as a result of medical negligence. Dr. Amro Abou Khalil, a psychiatrist held [ More … ]

Senior Brotherhood Leader ‘Essam El-Erian’ Dies in Sisi’s Notorious Aqrab Prison

August 13, 2020 MEO Staff

The 66-year-old anti-Sisi Egyptian politician had been barred from receiving visitors for the past six months, according to his lawyer Dr. Essam el-Erian, a senior leader in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and former Member of Parliament, [ More … ]

Aqrab

Egypt: Prisoners go on hunger strike in protest at inmate’s death

Senior Brotherhood Leader ‘Essam El-Erian’ Dies in Sisi’s Notorious Aqrab Prison

Egyptian Action Group & Sunna Scholars Association Support Boycott of French Products

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Islamic World Calls for Boycott of French Products

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