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EGYPT: Journalist Released After 29 Months in Jail

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 175/19, UPDATE 6 BELOW On 24 April 2022, the Egyptian authorities released journalist Mohamed Salah...

Egypt: Abused and denied heath care, prisoners’ lives at risk

Prison officials in Egypt are subjecting prisoners of conscience and others held for political reasons to torture, cruel and inhuman...

Egypt: Historic opportunity for international community to halt crackdown on human rights movement

Today’s court decision to freeze the assets of three senior directors from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) demonstrates...

EGYPT: MACRON TO RECEIVE AL-SISI ON HEELS OF REPRESSION: END UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT

French President Emmanuel Macron should strongly press Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to address human rights violations before his upcoming...

Egypt: Chilling rise in executions reveals depth of human rights crisis

In October and November alone, the Egyptian authorities executed at least 57 men and women, nearly double the recorded 32...

Egypt: Authorities escalate punishment of human rights defenders

The cruel and inhuman treatment meted out in prison against Gasser Abdel-Razek, Executive Director of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights...

Egypt: End shocking reprisal campaign against leading Egyptian rights group

Authorities in Egypt must end their vicious reprisal campaign against the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and immediately and...

Egypt: Human rights activist arrested outside Public Prosecutor’s office

Egyptian security forces today whisked away human rights activist and former prisoner of conscience Sanaa Seif from outside the Public...

Egypt: Death sentences against 37 convicted of terrorism after unfair trial

Responding to today’s death sentences of 37 defendants by the Cairo Criminal Court following their conviction on terrorism-related charges, Philip...

Egypt: Eight men put to death in mass execution

Amnesty International has received confirmation that the Egyptian authorities executed eight men in the early hours of this morning in...

Egypt: Torture of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah illustrates use of extreme brutality to crush dissent

The torture in custody of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a blogger and activist who rose to fame during the 2011 uprising,...

Egypt: Mass hunger strike at al-Aqrab prison over denial of family visits and dire conditions

The Egyptian authorities must immediately end cruel and inhumane detention conditions and allow regular family visits at al-Aqrab maximum security...

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