Libya releases 60 Egyptian immigrants
By Yasmin Sameh Sixty Egyptians who were detained in Libya under suspicion of being in the country illegally on Friday have been released after the two countries’ foreign ministries negotiated an...
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This time, it’s a moment of defeat: Abdel Fattah
Activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was released from detention last week, but still stands trial for violating the protest law.(AFP/FILIPPO MONTEFORTE; ) Prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah gave...
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Current government ‘a regime worse than Mubarak’: Alaa Abdel Fattah
Alaa Abdel Fattah during freedom for the brave press conference, to the left NCHR member Mohamed Abdel Kodous and to the right Ahmed Shahine, friend of secular activist Ahmed Douma/ By AbdelHalim H....
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Appeals court acquits revolution anniversary detainees
Muslim Brotherhood supporters (background) clash with supporters of the Egyptian government in Cairo on January 25, 2014. Deadly clashes erupted in Egypt Saturday as rival demonstrations were held on...
View ArticleDate for Ultras Revolutionary appeal verdict set
The verdict on the appeal of 15 people belonging to Ultras Revolutionary will be announced on 18 May, the Qasr Al-Nil Misdemeanour Court decided on Sunday. The defendants had been sentenced on 22...
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Detained 6 April members go on hunger strike
6 April held symbolic protest in front of the Press Syndicate earlier this month(Photo by Ali Omar/DNE) Two 6 April activists being held in Abu Zaabal Prison have begun a hunger strike, the group...
View ArticlePopular Socialist Alliance calls for immediate release of detained members
The Popular Socialist Alliance Party released a statement Monday condemning the ongoing detention of two of its members, Ahmed Abu Zeid and Nesmah Yousuf, calling for their immediate release. The...
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Revolution anniversary’s Downtown detainees released, Dokki detainees’ trial...
Detainees arrested since the third anniversary of the 25 January Revolution and families celebrate the detainees’ release after they spent more than 100 days behind bars(Photo from Mazaleem West El-...
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Egypt expresses support for Palestinian prisoners, calls for an end to...
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy (right) met on Sunday with Fadwa Barghouthi, wife of the Palestinian prisoner and Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi(Photo Ministry of Foreign Affairs handout)...
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Amnesty International warns of enforced disappearance of hunger striking...
An undated handout picture shows Al-Jazeera Arabic news correspondent in Cairo Abdullah al-Shami who was arrested by Egyptian police last year.(AFP Photo) Amnesty International, a human rights...
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Alaa Abdel Fattah fined after request for bench recusal denied
Alaa Abdel Fattah is accused of violating the Protest Law during the No Military Trial protest organised in front of Al-Shura Council on 26 November, 2013(Photo By Aaron T.Rose\DNE File) The Cairo...
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Over 40,000 arrests related to political turmoil since Morsi’s ouster: Wiki...
Egyptian policemen arrest a supporter of ousted president Mohamed Morsi during a protest in Ramses Square on the first day of Morsi’s trial on November 4, 2013 in Cairo.(AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED ABDELWAHAB)...
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228 Minya detainees set to be released
Egyptian relatives of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi cry sitting outside the courthouse on Monday in Minya, after the court ordered the execution of 529 Morsi supporters on March...
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15 days handed to 3 groups of detainees
Egyptian army and riot police stand guard outside Cairo University in the capital Cairo on April 23, 2014.(AFP Photo) Prosecution has ordered the detention of a total of 12 detainees for 15 days,...
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Seven local NGOs release letter demanding medical treatment for hunger...
Protesters rally in support of Al Jazeera journalists Abdullah al-Shami and Mohammed Sultan, who were detained by Egyptian authorities, in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, June 1, 2014.(Photo by...
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Sentence is revenge for 25 January revolution: Shura Council defendants
A file picture taken on January 25, 2011 shows Egyptian demonstrators clashing with Egyptian police in central Cairo during a protest to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for...
View ArticleEIPR releases damning report on health conditions in Egyptian prisons
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) released a lengthy report on living conditions and health care in Egyptian prisons Tuesday which found that “living and health conditions in prisons...
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CPJ welcomes release of detained journalists
Abdullah Elshamy was released this week after more than 300 days of detention without charge(Photo from Abduallah Elshamy Twitter Account) Media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released...
View ArticleAcquitted revolution anniversary detainees yet to be released
By Jihad Abaza The Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights issued a statement Monday calling for the immediate release of the detainees who are still being withheld despite the court ruling. An...
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Court postpones AUC detainees ruling
By Jihad Abaza Students at the American University in Cairo (AUC) protest in support of their detained classmates. (Photo by Jihad Abaza) A Cairo court postponed on Tuesday a ruling until 22 July in...
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Another year of documented cases of torture and human rights violations
Egyptian rights groups on Thursday presented the past year’s documented cases of torture. (Photo by AbdelHalim H. AbdAllah) El Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture...
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Egyptian prisons ‘like hotels’: Interior ministry official
Prisons in Egypt have become “more like hotels”, Major General Abdelfattah Othman, deputy interior minister’s assistant for public relations said Tuesday.(AFP File Photo) By Menna Zaki Prisons in Egypt...
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Detained female activists refuse NCHR delegation
Sanaa Seif was arrested for protesting against the Protest Law (Public Domain photo) By Jihad Abaza Sanaa Seif and other detainees in Qanater prison refused to meet the National Council for Human...
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Hunger striking detainees receive Ministry of Interior threats: Freedom of...
Prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, arrested in November 2013 over violating the Protest Law, began a hunger strike on 19 August.(Photo By Aaron T.Rose\DNE File) The Ministry of Interior threatened...
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Amnesty calls on Egypt to release protesters arrested for challenging Protest...
Sanaa Seif was arrested for protesting against the Protest Law (Public Domain photo) Amnesty International said authorities must release a group arrested during a protest in June, which includes...
View ArticleActivists join international hunger strike campaign
At least 10 journalists in Egypt and 8 journalists and researchers in Germany announced they would go on hunger strike on 21 and 22 September in solidarity with hunger strikers in Egyptian jails,...
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9 sentenced to 2 years in prison for ‘illegal assembly’
A protestor shouts slogans at Talaat Harb Square, downtown Cairo on November 28, 2013, during a demonstration to protest against a new law which regulates demonstrations.(AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)...
View ArticleNGOs express concern over lawyers’ working conditions
Thirteen rights groups released a joint statement Wednesday condemning what they call “a highly alarming pattern of escalating abuses against lawyers”. Their statement added that abuses against lawyers...
View ArticleMOI arrests 29 alleged MB members
The Ministry of Interior announced on Sunday that it had arrested 29 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members accused of organising demonstrations and inciting violence around the country. The 29 men and...
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Presidential Palace defendants sentenced to 3 years
Sanaa Seif was arrested for protesting against the Protest Law. She sentenced to 3 years.(Public Domain photo) The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced a group of activists who demonstrated in June against...
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