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Egypt Latest News

Hollywood Star Scarlett Johansson Urges Egypt to Release EiPR Members

December 3, 2020 MEO Staff

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 … ]

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 … ]

Egypt Latest News

Biden hits out at Sisi for pursuit of activists

July 13, 2020 MEO Staff

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 … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Saudi Arabia Keeps a Secret Prison in Yemen Amid Calls to Release Activists

June 15, 2020 MEO Staff

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 … ]

Egypt Latest News

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

Calls for releasing ill Brotherhood spokesman jailed in Egypt

July 16, 2019 MEO Staff

Egyptian social media activists on Sunday launched a campaign calling for saving the life of Gehad Haddad who suffered from food contamination in an Egyptian jail. Since the military overthrow in July 2013 of Egypt’s [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Amnesty urges release of Egyptian lawyer held over yellow vests

February 19, 2019 MEO Staff

Yellow vests have become the symbol of an ongoing protest movement in France Rights group Amnesty International called Monday for the release of an Egyptian lawyer arrested after posing in a photo wearing a yellow [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

U.S. military aid to Egypt gives a ‘green light’ to repression, a report

August 10, 2018 MEO Staff

The Trump administration’s recent decision to release $195 million in military aid to Egypt has left rights experts stunned and deeply worried, says an NPR report. A year ago, then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson suspended [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Sudan’s opposition leader calls on Al-Sisi to release Brotherhood members

July 27, 2017 MEO Staff

Sadiq al-Mahdi, the leader of Sudan’s largest opposition party, the National Umma Party, has called for “reconciliation” with Egypt in return for the release of imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood leaders. Speaking in an interview to Sudan [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

NYT releases new details about Bin Salman’s plot to replace Bin Nayef as Saudi crown prince

July 19, 2017 MEO Staff

As next in line to be king of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Nayef was unaccustomed to being told what to do. Then, one night in June, he was summoned to a palace in Mecca, held [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Amnesty calls for releasing Palestinians held by Israel without charge

June 19, 2017 MEO Staff

Human rights organization Amnesty International has reiterated its condemnation of the Israeli practice of detaining Palestinians without charge or trial, based on undisclosed evidence, after the administrative detention sentences of three high-profile prisoners were recently [ More … ]

Morocco

Demonstrations in Morocco calling for the release of  protest leader ‘Zefzafi’

June 2, 2017 MEO Staff

Thousands of Moroccans held rallies for a sixth straight night, demanding that authorities release the leader of a political grassroots movement. Thousands of people held demonstrations in Morocco for the sixth night running on Wednesday, [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Israel releases Palestinian lawmaker ‘Abu Tair’ after 17 months in prison

May 30, 2017 MEO Staff

Palestinian Jerusalemite lawmaker Muhammad Abu Tair was released from Israel’s Ktziot prison in the Negev desert Tuesday morning after serving out a 17-month sentence. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies reported on its website that [ More … ]

Jordan Latest News

Jordan releases soldier who killed 7 Israeli girls after 20 years in prison

March 12, 2017 MEO Staff

Jordan on Sunday released a soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls during a class trip in 1997, after he served 20 years in prison, an official said. Jordan on Sunday released a soldier who killed [ More … ]

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