Against the backdrop of the death of a detainee in the Scorpion Prison, south of Cairo, families of the notorious prison detainees are calling for an urgent investigation into what they considered a “horrific murder”. [ More … ]
The family of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi confirmed that they do not know exactly where he is being held. They also revealed that he is under pressure despite being detained for five years since the [ More … ]
Under Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian police and National Security agents have routinely used torture and enforced disappearances against both criminal suspects and perceived political opponents with near impunity, according to HRW. In 2011, the world [ More … ]
Amnesty International once described the Egyptian youths as “Generation Protest”, the generation who took to the streets in Egypt to bring down a dictator in 2011. But unfortunately, the Egyptian youths have now acquired a grim new [ More … ]
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