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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt on Monday sentenced one of the country's most prominent activists to five years in prison on charges of spreading false news, a

CAIRO (AP) — Alaa Abdel-Fattah's arrest and trial have drawn criticism from Western governments and international rights groups.

Egyptian activist and former EIPR researcher Patrick George Zaki has been released from detention after 22 months. According to Mada Masr, his mother Hala Sobhy fainted upon hearing the news that t...

Egypt is set to pass a raft of counterterrorism measures which critics warn could also curb media freedoms. The legislation follows the assassination of the country's chief prosecutor and attacks on soldiers in Sinai.

Egyptian press freedom advocate faces life in prison

Close Case 173, Lift Arbitrary Restrictions Human rights activist Gamal Eid is seen at a court in Cairo, March 24, 2016.  © 2016 Reuters / Asmaa Waguih (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have summoned at least five prominent human rights defenders during July 2021 for questioning as part of a decade-old criminal investigation, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have used Case 173 of 2011 to arbitrarily prosecute leading rights defenders and organiz...

Pakistani Islamists clash with police after leader’s arrest; U.N. warns of refugee food crisis in Mozambique

3 minute read A picture taken during a guided tour organised by the Egyptian State Information Service shows inmates resting in their cell at Borg el-Arab prison, near the city of Alexandria, 20 November 2019, MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images A new report from the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) reveals how Egypt built dozens of jails since the January 2011 revolution to keep thousands of prisoners, including roughly 65,000 prisoners of conscience, behind bar...

CAIRO — Egyptian authorities Tuesday released an activist known for his outspoken criticism of the government after he spent more than a year and a half in pre-trial detention, his lawyer said. Khaled Dawood, an opposition leader and former head of the liberal Dostour, or Constitution party, arrived at his home in Cairo after prosecutors […]

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) yesterday warned of the rapid increase in the number of prisons in Egypt, since the January 25 Revolution in 2011. [caption id=attachment_...