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Egypt Latest News

U.S. lawmakers urge Egypt’s Sisi to release prisoners, report

October 19, 2020 MEO Staff

A recent letter reviewed by The Washington Post, US lawmakers signal Sisi’s rights violation ‘will not be tolerated’ if Biden wins the presidency. US lawmakers are calling on Egypt’s Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to release political [ More … ]

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Egyptian prisoners start mass hunger strike due to abusive treatment

October 15, 2020 MEO Staff

Prisoners at Tora Istiqbal Prison are demanding putting an end to harsh disciplinary measures, according to rights groups Detainees at one of Egypt’s most notorious prisons have gone on hunger strike in protest against ill-treatment, [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

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 … ]

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Calls for releasing Egypt prisoners amid concerns over spread of COVID-19

March 18, 2020 MEO Staff

With the increasing spread of the coronavirus over the world, Egyptian political and human rights activists launched a campaign titled, “Release the prisoners” The campaign demanded the Egyptian authorities to release the detainees due to [ More … ]

Iran Latest News

Iran releases 85,000 prisoners in effort to combat coronavirus

March 17, 2020 MEO Staff

An Iranian judiciary spokesperson said tens of thousands of prisoners, including political prisoners, had been releasedIran has released around 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, from its jails to combat the spread of coronavirus, a judicial [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Stunned Silence Followed Trump’s G-7 Outburst: “Where is My Favorite Dictator?”

September 14, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

President Donald Trump shocked onlookers at the G7 meeting when he praised the president of Egypt as a dictator. “Inside a room of the ornately decorated Hotel du Palais during last month’s Group of Seven [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt prisoners’ families: ‘Humans have no value here’ – Report

August 4, 2019 MEO Staff

Security forces detained Lotfy Ibrahim, a young construction worker, as he left a mosque near his home on the Nile Delta in the spring of 2015. When his family finally saw him again nearly three [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt: 4 political prisoners executed after grossly unfair military trial

January 2, 2018 MEO Staff

The hangings came days after the largest mass execution in recent Egyptian memory Egyptian prison authorities executed five inmates on Tuesday. The prisoners had been sentenced to death, four of them allegedly over a bombing [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Knesset approves bill to cut tax transfer to PA over prisoners compensation program

June 15, 2017 MEO Staff

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, moved forward on Wednesday with a bill that would see the Israeli government cease to transfer an estimated 1 billion shekels ($280 million) per year to the Palestinian Authority (PA) over [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

After 40 days, Palestinians suspend mass hunger strike in Israeli prisons

May 28, 2017 MEO Staff

Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons suspended a 40-day mass hunger strike during dawn hours on Saturday, after reaching an agreement with the Israel Prison Service (IPS) that reinstated the prisoners’ family visitation sessions [ More … ]

Palestine Latest News

Abbas calls on US to mediate hunger strike

May 26, 2017 MEO Staff

Hundreds of the prisoners have been refusing food since April 17 over conditions for about 6,500 Palestinian inmates. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has asked the United States to help end a weeks-long hunger strike by [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Fears of death loom as Palestinian prisoners enter 39th day of hunger strike

May 26, 2017 MEO Staff

Several human rights organizations along with the United Nations (UN) have expressed serious concerns over the health conditions of some 1,300 Palestinians who entered their 39th day of a mass hunger strike across Israeli prisons [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

On 38th day, hunger strikers threaten escalating tactics to pressure Israel

May 25, 2017 MEO Staff

As hundreds of Palestinian prisoners entered the 38th day of a mass hunger strike in Israeli custody on Wednesday, the hunger strikers have reportedly discussed escalating tactics to pressure Israeli authorities into acceding to their [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

220 Palestinian prisoners join mass hunger strike on its 35th day

May 22, 2017 MEO Staff

Palestinian leaders have warned the media to “remain cautious” regarding reports of alleged negotiations between Israeli officials and Palestinians towards reaching an agreement to end a mass prison strike that entered its 35th day on [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

ICRC visits Barghouthi in solitary confinement 25 days into hunger strike

May 12, 2017 MEO Staff

A delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday visited Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi, who has been leading an estimated 1,600 on a mass hunger strike since April 17, in his [ More … ]

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