Ramadan Prison News Today

With Egypt's presidential election looming, at least 35 of the campaign staff of the only declared candidate Ahmed Tantawi have been detained by security forces in what critics say is a campaign of harassment on behalf of incumbent President Sisi.

Zahran was 'forcibly disappeared' for days before being charged and his arrest has prompted a protest by a major rights group

It will be a week on 29 August since the father of well-known Egyptian journalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada was arrested by security forces. The International Federation of journalists (IFJ) urges Egyptian authorities to release Gamal Abdel Hamid Ziada and stop intimidating the press.

Meanwhile, soft drinks disappear from shelves in Tunisia, and Egypt delays release of pardoned prisoners