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, by The family of Alaa Abdel Fattah
Faced with the promise of finally seeing his family on Thursday 17 November and after 7 months on hunger strike, Alaa Abdel Fattah, an Egyptian activist imprisoned since 2019, a figure of the 2011 revolution, decided to start eating again on 12 November.
His family is very concerned about his (…)
, by International Federation of Journalists
The health of Hisham Fouad, a journalist and activist detained for over 2 years is deteriorating after he staged a hunger strike. Fouad, who has been held since 25 June 2019, began a hunger strike on 10 July 2021. Placed in solitary confinement, his health is now in grave danger. The (…)
, by MICHAELSON Ruth
‘Broadcasting false rumours’ criminalised as government imprisons journalists and bloggers to stifle dissent
When officers from Egypt’s National Security Agency came crashing into Amal Fathy and Mohammed Lotfy’s house on a pre-dawn raid in early May, there was little mention of the words “fake (…)
, by Egypt Solidarity Campaign
Lawyer Mahienour el-Massry and trade unionist Moatasem Medhat have been acquitted on appeal by a court in Alexandria, the FreeMahienour Facebook page reported on 13 January. The two had been convicted of breaking Egypt’s repressive anti-protest law, and breaching a law on public assembly (…)
, by Egypt Solidarity Initiative
Campaigning lawyer Mahienour el-Massry and leading trade unionist Moatasem Medhat have been jailed for two years by an Egyptian court, for breaching a law on public gatherings imposed by the British colonial authorities in 1914. Mahienour and Moatasem have been in jail since their trial in (…)
, by RUDER Eric
Eric Ruder reports on the release of Egyptian human rights lawyer Malek Adly and the struggle to win freedom for other activists facing repression.
MALEK ADLY, a well-known human rights lawyer and activist, emerged from an Egyptian prison in late August after spending three months in solitary (…)
, by Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Temperatures in Egypt will reach 45 degrees Celsius by tomorrow!
While many suffer because of this heat wave, Egyptian prisoners -in particular -are feeling the brunt of this hideously hot weather. Former prisoners have talked in detail about the deteriorating conditions of prisons in Egypt (…)
, by Movements (Egypt)
STATEMENT BY 17 EGYPTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
March 21, 2016
The Perpetrators of Human Rights Abuses Retaliate Against Rights Groups, the Voice of Victims:
In a time when the torture and murder of Egyptians has become a mark of patriotism, defenders of the victims of these crimes are (…)
, by Collectif / Signatures multiples
To: Ms Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission
Dear Ms Mogherini,
On 2 February 2016 the body of Giulio Regeni, the Italian doctoral student at Cambridge University who disappeared in Cairo on Jan. 25, (…)
, by Egypt Solidarity Initiative
Egypt Solidarity has prepared this statement in collaboration with Egyptian activists who are deeply involved with mobilising solidarity campaigns for political prisoners both inside and outside Egypt, including relatives and friends of detainees. In order not to expose individuals and families (…)
, by MOSSALLAM Alia
About a month ago I went to visit a friend in prison.
It doesn’t matter who he or she was, since there are now hundreds of young men and women in Egypt’s prisons because of the new Protest Law. The prisons are full to the brim with teenagers, students, fathers, brothers, daughters and only (…)
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