Ola al-Qaradawi has recently been released from prison pending further investigation in a decision by the public prosecutor. Ola has denied all charges against her, saying that she was arrested only for being the daughter [ 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 … ]
Egyptian authorities arrested Tawfiq Ghanem on May 2, where the veteran journalist has been detained for over 150 days. Several global rights watchdogs have called for the release of journalist Tawfiq Ghanem, a former regional [ More … ]
Sudan’s military should allow peaceful protests, respect political participation of all, and set detainees free, Human Rights Watch said in a report it published yesterday. Sudan’s military leaders responsible for the 25 October 2021 takeover [ More … ]
Late President Anwar Sadat’s nephew, Mohamed Sadat, seems to have recently become an unofficial negotiator on behalf of Egypt’s political prisoners, but seemingly with little success opportunities. Recently a delegation was sent by Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi [ More … ]
The Biden administration is releasing nearly $200 million in military aid to Egypt but will hold back millions more over human rights concerns, the State Department said Tuesday in an announcement quickly criticized by rights [ More … ]
Reporters Without Borders called on Egypt on Thursday to release four Al Jazeera journalists immediately. Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) known as Reporters has called for the immediate release of an Al Jazeera journalist who was [ More … ]
The human rights organization DAWN has once again called on the Egyptian government to release Abdullah Boumediene who was forcibly disappeared from Sinai when he was just 12 years old. Abdullah has spent four years [ More … ]
A number of prominent public figures, activists, Human rights advocates and journalists worldwide have joined the ‘Ifrag’ campaign for the release of the elderly and patients in Egypt’s prisons, especially amid the outbreak of the [ More … ]
Prominent American actress urges Egyptian authorities to release activists from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EiPR) in a video posted on the group’s YouTube channel Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson has called on Egyptian authorities to free [ More … ]
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 … ]
US Democratic candidate Joe Biden has said there will be no more “blank checks for Trump’s favorite dictator” in a widely shared Twitter post. The comments come not long after the release of the dual [ More … ]
A well-known Saudi activist and whistle-blower known online as “Mujtahid” has exposed the existence of a secret prison run by Riyadh in Yemen’s largest province, Hadhramout. Mujtahid made his claim on Twitter yesterday, where he [ More … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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