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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

U.S. citizen ‘Mohamed Soltan’ sues Egypt’s ex-prime minister for torture: WP

June 1, 2020 MEO Staff

Mohamed Soltan, a U.S. citizen, and former high-profile Egyptian political prisoner has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Egypt’s ex-prime minister for being exposed to torture during detention in Egypt’s prisons. Mohamed Soltan filed a federal [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt Must End Egypt’s Detention and Torture of Children Amid Coronavirus: HRW

May 8, 2020 MEO Staff

The Human Rights Watch has most recently called for urgently ending detention and torture of children, especially in light of the outbreak of coronavirus in the country, with the risk of its spread among prisoners. [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egyptian Tortured to Death in Police Station

September 13, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

A detainee being held at a police station in Giza governorate was beaten to death last week , reports Masrawy. The Interior Ministry has denied Karim Al-Khawaja, 45, died at the hands of police and instead [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Trump Praises Al-Sisi Despite Harsh Human Rights Record

August 29, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Despite shameful human rights violations under al-Sisi regime, Trump calls meeting with Sisi in Biarritz ‘great’. US President Donald Trump said on his Twitter account he had held a “great meeting” with Egypt’s Abdel Fattah [ More … ]

UN: Assad must be tried, Syria is torture-chamber
Egypt Latest News

Rights groups criticize U.N. decision to hold conference on torture in Egypt

August 16, 2019 MEO Staff

Human rights activists on Thursday criticized a United Nations decision to hold a conference in Cairo on torture with an Egyptian state organization. “It’s illogical for a country where torture is systematic to host a [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Amnesty Calls on Egypt to End Abuses Against Political Prisoners

August 1, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Amnesty International has censured the “harsh and inhumane conditions” of political prisoners in Egypt, calling on the African country’s authorities to immediately end the rights abuses of the detainees there. The international rights group urged [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

HRW: Kuwait Return of Egyptian Dissidents Unlawful

July 19, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned authorities in Kuwait for “unlawfully” returning eight Egyptians to Cairo over claims they were part of a “terrorist cell” linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.  The New York-based rights group [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Torture to Death in Egypt’s Prisons

June 6, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Twenty-two-year-old Wael Mahmoud Ali Al-Sibai has been tortured to death inside Wadi Natroun prison in Egypt, according to rights groups. Al-Sibai was arrested when he was just 16-years-old at the Fath Mosque in Ramses Square [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Saudi Arabia is torturing a U.S. citizen. When will Trump act?

March 5, 2019 MEO Staff

Before he was murdered inside a Saudi Consulate in October, the Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi questioned why Saudi Arabia had detained a prominent doctor, Walid Fitaihi, a dual Saudi-U.S. citizen seized in a November [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

UN concerned about flawed trials and torture in Egypt

February 26, 2019 MEO Staff

The UN human rights office voiced concern about trials that saw 15 people executed in Egypt this month may have been unfair amid allegations of torture used to obtain confessions. Egypt executed nine men on [ More … ]

Latest News

HRW Demands Haftar’s Forces End Siege of Civilians in Libya’s Derna

February 24, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

An international rights group has urged Libyan strongman’s self-styled army to lift its siege inside an eastern Mediterranean city where civilians have been trapped. Human Rights Watch said that over the past two weeks, General [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Al-Sisi’s Regime Executed Nine Men Despite Calls from Rights Group

February 20, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Al-Sisi’s regime executed nine men for killing Egypt’s top prosecutor, a prison source and a lawyer said on Wednesday. The men were among a group of 28 who were sentenced to death in the case [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

British MPs say highest Saudi officials likely involved in activists’ torture

February 5, 2019 MEO Staff

Three British lawmakers on Monday endorsed reports that women activists detained in Saudi Arabia have been tortured, and said responsibility for what is likely a violation of international law could lie with “Saudi authorities at [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Brit jailed for smuggling drugs into Egypt saw two girls tortured with sticks in prison

February 1, 2019 MEO Staff

A British woman jailed for smuggling drugs into Egypt has told how she saw two girls tortured in front of her while she was in prison. Laura Plummer, 34, arrived home on Tuesday (29 January) [ More … ]

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