HRW: Kuwait’s deportation of eight Egyptians “horrendous”
July 18, 2019 Human Rights Watch criticised on Tuesday the deportation by Kuwait of eight Egyptians to Cairo, describing it as “horrendous.” “Kuwait has handed over the eight men despite the serious risk of torture and persecution they face in…
US Secretary of State expresses concern over prison conditions in Egypt
July 17, 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed concern over conditions inside Egyptian prisons. In a letter to the working group on Egypt at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Pompeo said that he agreed with them that…
Pre-trial detainees in Egypt arbitrarily denied their rights
July 17, 2019 The Egyptian Front for Human Rights, an Egyptian human rights organisation, has condemned the conditions detainees are kept in whilst in pre-trial detention in Egypt. In a statement published on Monday Egyptian authorities were deeply scornful of…
Minya court accuses 12 of “inciting violence” after Rabaa massacre
July 16, 2019 On Sunday Minya Criminal Court issued harsh sentences against 12 people accused of inciting murder following riots that broke out after the Rabaa al-Adawiya sit-in in Cairo on August 14 2013. Khaled al-Ela, a member of their…
US woman joins list of dual citizen detainees in Egypt prisons
July 16, 2019 Egyptian-American Reem Desouki has joined the list of Egyptians with American citizenship in Egyptian prisons. Egyptian authorities arrested Reem Mohammed al-Desouki, who lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, despite her American citizenship. She arrived at Cairo airport with her…
Egypt authorities arrest new member of “Alliance of Hope”
July 16, 2019 The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided on Sunday to include the accountant Alaa Essam, an accounting expert at the Egyptian Forum for Labour Relations, to the accused in case no. 930 for the year 2019, known as…
Sinai: Egypt security forces demolish houses, make arbitrary arrests
July 16, 2019 For three weeks Egyptian security forces have encircled al-Arish, the biggest city in North Sinai. The campaign comes against the background of terrorist attacks on several security checkpoints in al-Arish in June. The security forces stormed houses…
Unending emergency law: Egypt parliament approves extension of state of emergency
Egypt’s parliament on Thursday approved a three-month extension of the state of emergency. This is the ninth extension of the state of emergency in Egypt since it was imposed in April 2017, when two attacks targeting two churches killed…
Netanyahu: Sisi is a dear friend
July 12, 2019 Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a celebration at the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to commemorate Egyptian National Day. July 23, the anniversary of the 1952 revolution, is a national…
Amnesty International accuses Egypt of detaining opponents “indefinitely”
July 12, 2019 Amnesty International accused Egypt on Wednesday of detaining members of the opposition “indefinitely,” despite court orders ordering their release. Amnesty International said it had documented five cases in which the Supreme State Security Prosecutor circumvented the court’s…
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