Over twenty human rights organizations have called for the immediate and unconditional release of lawyer and rights activist Mohamed El-Baqer These rights groups, includig Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), Egyptian Commission for Rights [ More … ]
DAWN has stated that the detention of Anas El-Beltagy after four acquittals shows abuse of power and collective punishment of the Beltagy Family The Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) rights group has called [ More … ]
Aisha El-Shater, 41, daughter of Muslim Brotherhood senior leader Khairat El-Shater, and her husband lawyer Mohamed Abo Horeira are on trial by the Emergency State Security Court on bogus charges These bogus and trumped up [ More … ]
Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, and Carey Mulligan are among the signatories to a letter to Liz Truss and the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Hollywood stars urged US and UK to help secure [ More … ]
Blogger Abdelrahman “Mocha” Tarek, translator Kholoud Saied, accountant Alaa Essam, former MP Mohamed Mohie Eddin, and Hussein Khamis have been released from the pretrial detention. However, thousands of political prisoners are still suffering behind bars. [ More … ]
The family of a 31-year-old prisoner, Waheed Hassan, has called on the Egyptian government to “release him and save his life.” Hassan’s family told the media that he was sick as a result of “cancerous [ More … ]
Eight Egyptian rights organizations have issued several recommendations aimed to ensure that the regime’s supposed new approach to political prisoners would offer positive results rather than a mere show. Eight leading Egyptian human rights organizations on [ More … ]
Egyptian journalists meeting with the government’s National Council for Human Rights demanded that the government stop blocking independent news sites and release their jailed colleagues, reported Darb. Members of the government’s National Council for Human [ More … ]
In a meeting with the regime’s National Council for Human Rights, representatives from some political parties have called on the government to release political prisoners, reform pretrial detention practices, and protect rights to free speech [ More … ]
Without legal grounds, Abdel Qawi Fathallah is still in detention despite a decision to release him 6 weeks ago The case of Abdel Qawi Fathallah, who remains behind bars despite a court ordering his release [ More … ]
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 … ]
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