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Egypt Latest News

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

February 20, 2019 Noura Ali

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 … ]

Egypt Latest News

European Parliament Slams Egypt’s Deteriorating Human Rights Situation

December 16, 2018 Noura Ali

The EU’s lawmaking body has condemned Egyptian authorities for human rights abuses and is urging them to lift restrictions on free speech and assembly, halt mass trials and stop sentencing minors to death, and release [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt Rejects Naming of its Agents as Suspects in Regeni’s Murder

December 4, 2018 Noura Ali

Egypt has rejected the addition of members of its security services to an Italian list of suspects in the murder of the student Giulio Regeni, in a statement that spelled his name incorrectly. “Egyptian law does [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egyptian children tortured, forcibly disappeared under Sisi Regime: Amnesty

November 21, 2018 MEO Staff

Egyptian Children face shocking violations including torture and enforced disappearance The Egyptian authorities have committed shocking violations against children since 2013, with at least six tortured in custody and 12 subjected to enforced disappearances since [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

HRW: Enforced Disappearance of Prominent Rights Defender

October 4, 2018 Noura Ali

An international rights group urged Egypt to reveal the whereabouts of a well-known human rights lawyer who went missing after being detained. An Egyptian court ordered the release of Ezzat Ghoneim and another lawyer, Azzoz [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

The Economy Professor that Al-Sisi Sentenced to life in Imprisonment in Egypt

July 8, 2018 Noura Ali

An Egyptian court sentenced a former advisor to Egypt’s first democratically elected President  Mohamed Morsi along with 13 other people to life in prison for belonging to an illegal group. Abdullah Shehata was an economic advisor [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Cairo Prosecution Probes Death of Detainee Held at Police Station

June 26, 2018 Noura Ali

Cairo’s prosecutor’s office decided to open an investigation into a case of a man who died while in custody at the Hadayeq al-Qubba Police Station. On Friday, Ahmed Zalat, a 39-year-old man who was arrested [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Human rights Issues: Enforced Disappearance in Egypt

May 30, 2018 MEO Staff

Over the past few years, the term “enforced disappearance” has emerged on the surface of volatile and accelerating political events. The Egyptians were not familiar with such violation which deprives a person from law protection, [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt’s Security Forces Arrest Parents of University Student Killed by Police

May 26, 2018 Noura Ali

The Egyptian authorities arrested the parents of a former university student, Anas Al-Mahdi, who was killed by the police in 2015. “My parents have been arrested by the Egyptian police,” Al-Mahdi’s sister, Hind, wrote on [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Ahead the Elections,Al-Sisi’s Regime Hunts a New Target :Foreign News Media

March 1, 2018 Noura Ali

Egypt’s chief prosecutor delivered a withering broadside against the news media on Wednesday, blaming the “forces of evil” for negative coverage and instructing his staff to take legal action against outlets deemed to be undermining [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

“Zubeida”, A New Story Tells The Tragedy of Human Rights in Egypt

February 28, 2018 Noura Ali

The BBC published last week a short documentary and report highlighting what it said were cases of enforced disappearances and torture carried out by security forces since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power in 2014. [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

The EU Parliament Issued A Resolution Expressing Its Concern on Execution in Egypt

February 20, 2018 Noura Ali

The European Parliament issued a resolution on executions in Egypt on 8 February, expressing concerns that “strict procedures are in place within the country’s legal system in cases where the death penalty is applicable.” The European [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt’s Summoned Several Western Ambassadors , What For?

November 6, 2017 Noura Ali

Egypt summoned several western ambassadors in protest against a statement criticizing the country’s detention of a human rights lawyer who was helping investigate the case of a murdered Giulio Regeni, the Italian student, according to [ More … ]

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