Jihad al-Haddad is dying in prison
Egyptian political detainee Jihad al-Haddad has lost the ability to walk as a result of torture and medical neglect lasting six years. During al-Haddad’s appearance in court last week, the 38-year-old prisoner entered the State Security Prosecution hearing room carried…
In Egypt, a judicial release does not mean you are going home
While the world considers that judgments are enforceable, judgments in favour of Egyptian opponents are not, especially if they mean their release and return to their homes. The most recent of these judicial orders were in favour of the former…
Enforced disappearances are practiced daily in Egypt
In what appears to be a new escalation of the Egyptian regime against its opponents, the policy of enforced disappearance for open periods has begun to expand in an unprecedented manner. Enforced disappearance is more a violation of human rights…
“Watch iT”, a new step in the state monopoly of entertainment industry
On May 25th, The United Media Services company, headed by Tamer Morsi, the owner of the Egyptian Media Group and Di Media company, signed a new protocol with National Media Authority, headed by Hussein Zain, in the context of preserving…
A military court sentences 26 workers to dismissal and suspended imprisonment
After 3 years of custody, the military misdemeanors court sentenced 26 workers to suspended imprisonment for a year and dismissal from their jobs at the Alexandria Shipyard Company. On May 22, 2016; hundreds of workers of Alexandria Shipyard organised a…
Egypt’s parliament approves extending state of emergency for 3 months
CAIRO, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — Egypt’s parliament, House of Representatives, approved on Monday a presidential decree extending the state of emergency in the country for further three months starting from October 27, 2019, official news agency MENA reported. “Declaring a…
Egypt forces kill dozens of militants in Sinai
Egyptian army forces have killed 83 militants as part of a security campaign in the restive Sinai Peninsula, according to a military spokesman on Monday. In a statement, Colonel Tamer al-Refai said 77 militants have also been arrested in northern…
Extending the state of emergency is about resisting protesters, not terrorists
For the tenth time, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a decision on Saturday to declare a state of emergency in Egypt, starting from 26 October 2019 for three months. Al-Sisi said that he had come to face the “dangerous…
33 journalists detained in Egypt – the union is under regime control
The number of journalists detained in Egypt has reached 34, including 10 who were arrested during the last wave of detentions over the September 20 demonstrations that called for toppling President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s regime. They protested against the deterioration…
The deteriorating health of imprisoned journalist Hassan al-Banna
On Monday the family of detained journalist Hassan al-Banna, who has been held in pre-trial detention in case number 441 since February 2018, announced the deterioration of his health. According to the family’s Facebook post, Hassan al-Banna suffers from a…
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