Ten months after emergence of a footage showing Egyptian police seemingly torturing detainees in a Cairo police station, 22 people have now been handed long prison sentences—not for engaging in torture, but for exposing it. [ More … ]
A Saudi court issues prison sentences from ten to eighteen years to ten Nubian Egyptians who were arrested after holding a community event in 2019 Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court on 10 October handed prison [ More … ]
An Egyptian court sentences former MP and one of the January Revolution icons Ziad El-Elaimy to five years in prison on false news charge An Egyptian emergency state security misdemeanor court on Wednesday sentenced prominent [ More … ]
Essam Al-Zamil, who once criticized plans to sell Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Aramco oil company, was reportedly sentenced to 15 years in prison. A leading human rights platform has raised the alarm over the fate of [ More … ]
– US demands immediate release of father, son – Iran has sentenced two Americans each to 10 years in prison, the U.S. said Tuesday, according to Anadolu Agency. Expressing “deep concerns,” State Department spokesman Mark [ More … ]
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