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Egypt: Detainees trapped in ‘revolving doors’ of prison system as authorities bypass release orders

The Egyptian authorities’ growing trend of re-imprisoning people who have been arbitrarily detained, instead of complying with court orders to...

Egypt: Series of draconian laws ‘legalizes’ unprecedented repression six years since fall of Morsi

The Egyptian authorities are attempting to normalize human rights violations by passing a series of laws to “legalize” their escalating...

Egypt: Authorities must order immediate investigation into death of former President Mohamed Morsi 

Responding to the news of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s death in custody today Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Director for the...

Egypt: Arrests raise fears of fresh crackdown against peaceful critics  

The arbitrary detention of labour rights lawyer, Haytham Mohamdeen, and former political activist, Mostafa Maher, this week has raised fears...

Egypt: Crackdown against peaceful critics set to worsen if constitutional amendments are passed

Egypt’s authorities must end their crackdown against critics who oppose amendments to the Egyptian constitution, proposed by members of parliament,...

Egypt: Forcibly disappeared transgender woman at risk of sexual violence and torture

Update: On 7 March Malak al-Kashef appeared in front of a Supreme State Security Prosecutor, who ordered her detention for...

Egypt: Activists, government critics hit by wave of digital attacks

An investigation by Amnesty International has revealed that dozens of Egyptian human rights defenders have been targeted by phishing attacks...

Egypt: Photojournalist Shawkan released after five and a half years in prison

Responding to the news that photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, was finally released today after spending more than...

Amnesty International calls for Canadian citizen Yasser Albaz to be released from detention in Egypt

After learning that Canadian citizen Yasser Albaz has been detained in Cairo’s Tora prison, Amnesty International Canada Secretary General Alex...

Egypt: Execution of nine men after an unfair trial a monumental disgrace

Responding to the news that Egyptian authorities have today executed nine men convicted after a grossly unfair trial for the...

Egypt: Halt imminent execution of nine prisoners on death row

Egyptian authorities must immediately halt the execution of nine prisoners whom Amnesty International has learned could be put to death...

Egypt: End the cruel denial of family visits to detainees

Egyptian authorities are flagrantly violating international law by denying family visits to scores of detainees, Amnesty International said today. The...

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