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Irish national Ibrahim Halawa released after four years unlawfully detained in an Egyptian prison

Today’s release of Irish citizen Ibrahimn Halawa is a resounding victory for those who have campaigned on his behalf and...

Egypt: End two year arbitrary detention of human rights defender Hisham Gaafar

The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release the journalist and human rights defender, Hisham Gaafar, who will complete two...

Egypt escalates LGBTI crackdown with fresh wave of arrests and anal examinations

The Egyptian authorities have arrested 22 people over the past three days alone, stepping up a campaign of persecution against...

Egypt: Six men facing anal examinations for ‘debauchery’ amid homophobic crackdown

Six men arrested for “promoting sexual deviancy” and “debauchery” on social media will be subjected to invasive forensic anal examinations...

Egyptian blogger among 24 facing jail terms for ‘insulting’ the judiciary

The Egyptian authorities must drop all charges against Alaa Abdel Fattah, a blogger and human rights activist who rose to...

Egypt: Former presidential candidate given jail term in bid to stop him running in 2018 election

Today’s conviction of Khalid Ali, a former presidential candidate and prominent human rights lawyer who is widely viewed as President...

Egypt: Release 24 Nubian activists detained after protest calling for respect of their cultural rights

Egyptian authorities should immediately release 24 Nubian activists arrested after the police violently dispersed their peaceful protest in Aswan governorate...

NGO websites latest targets of Egypt’s online clampdown

Responding to the news today that the Egyptian authorities have blocked access to the website of the Egyptian Commission for...

Schoolteacher among latest victims of Egypt’s chilling wave of extrajudicial executions

Information gathered by Amnesty International suggests that Egyptian security forces forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially executed a schoolteacher who went...

EU: Egypt’s dark human rights record must not be swept beneath carpet

The EU appears in danger of softening its stance on human rights violations in Egypt by resuming annual high-level...

Egypt: Investigate allegations of disappearance, torture and extrajudicial execution of four men

Evidence gathered by Amnesty International suggests that Egyptian police extrajudicially executed four men who had been forcibly disappeared and...

Egypt: Seven men facing imminent execution after being tortured in custody

The Egyptian authorities must immediately stop the imminent executions of seven men sentenced to death in two grossly unfair...

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