Patrick George and Shady Abu Zeid’s detention renewed for 15 days
The Mansoura Prosecution has renewed the detention of researcher Patrick George for 15 more days pending investigations in case No. 7245 of 2019 for publishing false news...
Rain floods Cairo’s streets
Thunderstorms in Cairo on Monday led to flooding on a number of roads causing a buildup of traffic and numerous diversions causing chaos on the bridges and...
A campaign to release Ziad al-Alimi on his birthday
A number of political activists started a campaign for the detained human rights lawyer Ziad al-Alimi on his birthday. They published photos of Ziad and demanded he...
Prosecution orders medical examination for detained lawyer Mohammad Ramadan
Al-Montazah prosecution has sent a letter to Borg Al-Arab prison's chief, asking one of the prison doctors to examine the imprisoned lawyer Mohamed Ramadan to see if...
Egypt’s Al-Azhar: Female circumcision not permissible under Islamic law
Al-Azhar has issued a statement which confirms that female circumcision is not permissible under Islamic law, and that circumcision damages females psychologically and physically. Al-Azhar said in...
Detainee accuses prison authorities of medical negligence and endangering his life
The Alexandria Criminal Court has renewed the detention of lawyer Mohamed Ramadan for 45 days on case No. 16576 of 2018 on charges of publishing false news...
Mubarak`s sons acquitted in ‘manipulating the stock market’ case
On Saturday the Cairo Criminal Court acquitted Gamal and Alaa, the sons of the deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and six other businessmen and bank officials in...
Egypt pays EGP 267 bn in debt interest
Data from the Egyptian Ministry of Finance revealed that Egypt's expenses on debt interest rose during the first half of the current fiscal year by 28.7 per...
Detainee dies of medical negligence
El-Shehab Centre for Human Rights has announced the death of the Egyptian detainee Ahmed Abdel Moneim Qandil inside Scorpion Prison after his health deteriorated and he was...
Three detainees put on new case days after their release
The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms said that three people who had been released from prison have been put on a new case. The State Security...