Civil society organizations have condemned the Public Prosecution’s decision to refer three female journalists from “Mada Masr” to trial on misusing social media. Some 32 civil society organizations, including the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) [ 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 … ]
An Egyptian terrorism court has handed life sentences to Egyptian actor and contractor Mohamed Ali and 37 others in connection with 2019 protests The protests then called for the resignation of Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi [ More … ]
The Saudi court documents reveal reasons for Dr. Awad Al-Qarni’s arrest, even though Saudi rulers are major investors in social media platforms The prominent law professor, Dr. Awad Al-Qarni, has been handed a death sentence [ More … ]
A court in Egypt has assigned the Public Prosecution Office to include four journalists overseas on the Interpol red notice, track, and arrest them, in a continued effort from Egyptian regime to suppress dissenting voices. [ More … ]
An Egyptian court has sentenced former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and several prominent political figures to lengthy jail terms for broadly-defined charges, including plotting to overthrow the state. Rights groups say thousands of [ More … ]
The Egyptian administrative court declines request of leader of the Strong Egypt Party Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh to end his solitary confinement Egypt’s Administrative Court has rejected for the second time a request by [ More … ]
The retrial of an Egyptian TikTok female influencer, Haneen Hossam, has ended in a three-year prison sentence and a fine of two hundred thousand pounds (approximately $10,750) , based on bogus human trafficking charges, for [ More … ]
An Egyptian court has sentenced 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood group to death for allegedly coordinating and planning attacks on the police, charges which defendants and their families denied. A Twitter account called Mr. [ More … ]
Egypt’s highest court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and prison sentence of rights defender Amal Fathy Egypt’s Court of Cassation on 11 January 2022 upheld the imprisonment of rights human defender Amal Fathi although the [ More … ]
Egyptian activist and January Revolution icon Alaa Abdel Fattah sentenced to 5 years in prison, says judicial source Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, according to [ More … ]
An Egyptian court orders a provisional release of Patrick Zaki, an EIPR researcher and a post-graduate student at Italy’s Bologna University who has been in jail for 22 months for criticism of the Egyptian regime. [ More … ]
Egypt’s highest court has rejected appeals from Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul-Fotouh and Mohamed al-Qassas against inclusion on the terrorist list. A few days ago, on 18 November, Egypt’s Court of Cassation [ More … ]
An Egyptian court has renewed the detention of the head of the Strong Egypt Party, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, for allegedly broadcasting and publishing false news and statements. Aboul Fotouh, who has also been accused [ More … ]
Insufficient evidence has recently led a judge to end the investigations into four more NGOs in Case 173/2011, known as the foreign funding case. The four NGOs are the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, [ More … ]
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