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When you find yourself behind bars in Egypt, charged in a case of a political nature in the absence of a fair trial, hope for life gradually withers away. At such times, death may become a means of es...

Egyptian authorities are abusing counter-terrorism laws to arbitrarily detain a leading businessman and his son in conditions that amount to torture in reprisal for their refusal to hand over company assets, Amnesty International said today. Concerns over the health of 75-year-old Safwan Thabet, the founder, former CEO and majority shareholder of Egypt’s largest dairy products and […]

We, the undersigned organizations call on Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to immediately quash the verdicts against seven arbitrarily detained…

CAIRO – Abdelrahman ElGendy says letters were a crucial lifeline for him during the six years he spent locked up in five different prisons between 2013 and 2020. "Letters were not only important, they literally saved my life," he says. "I was only living because I was looking forward to them from on

17 March 2021, 14:33 UTC The 10th South Cairo Criminal Court today convicted Egyptian human rights activist and film editor Sanaa Seif on charges of spreading “false news”, “misusing social media” and insulting a police officer on duty, and sentenced her to one and a half years in prison. Responding to the conviction, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa,  Amn...

Sanaa Seifs mother and two siblings have also been targeted © Private Film editor jailed for ‘false news’ and insulting a police officer Along with her mother and sister, was attacked by mob with connivance of police  ‘Today’s verdict is yet another crushing blow for the right to freedom of expression in Egypt’ - Amna Guellali Responding to today’s jailing of the prominent Egyptian human rights activist and film editor Sanaa Seif after she was convicted of spreading “false ne...

Urgent Action Outcome: Human Rights Defenders Released On 3 December 2020, Gasser Abdel Razek, Karim Ennarah and Mohamed Basheer, directors at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), were released and are now safely home with their families and loved ones.     On 3 December 2020, Gasser Abdel Razek, Karim Ennarah and Mohamed Basheer were released pending investigations into terrorism-related and other unfounded charges. Three days later, a court decided to freeze their personal a...