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Urgent Action update: Egyptian released after torture and dissappearence
Islam Khalil, a 27-year-old survivor of enforced disappearance and torture, was released on 31 August by the National Security Agency, 10 days after the prosecution ordered his release on bail.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Egyptian human rights defender Malek Adly released
Human rights defender Malek Adly has been released on 28 August after he spent 115 days in detention. The court did not set bail as a condition of his release but required him to specify a place of residence as he faces an ongoing criminal investigation.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Beaten and still detained after bail was paid in Egypt
One week since Islam Khalil’s bail of 50,000 Egyptian pounds (US$5,510) was paid, the 27-year-old survivor of enforced disappearance and torture has yet to be released.
Urgent action outcomes 31 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: 14-Year-Old Egyptian boy tortured to confess
Egypt’s National Security Agency subjected 14-year-old Aser Mohamed to enforced disappearance for 34 days. The boy claims that he was tortured and ill-treated to confess to offences he did not commit.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Aug 2016 -
Egypt: 'shocking' police attack on prisoner at moment of expected releasePress release 25 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Ngo staff and families at risk of asset freezing in Egypt
On 17 September an Egyptian court will rule on whether to freeze the assets of leading human rights defenders and members of their families as part of the “foreign funding case”.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
End Action: Rights lawyer and journalist released in Egypt
Mahienour El-Massry and Youssef Shaaban were released on 13 August after serving their 15-month prison sentence. Loay El-Kahwagi, who was sentenced in the same case, is still serving his sentence and is due to be released in March 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Dr Ahmed Abdullah's detention renewed again in Egypt
Egyptian authorities rejected the appeal of human rights defender Dr Ahmed Abdullah against the renewal of his detention for a further 45 days.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action: Islam Khalil repeatedly tortured by prison officials in Egypt
Islam Khalil, who was subjected to enforced disappearance for 122 days, has been tortured in detention and placed in solitary confinement after he spoke out against putting more detainees in his already overcrowded cell.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Aug 2016 -
Egypt: secret detention and torture of opponents is 'key instrument of state policy' - new reportPress release 13 Jul 2016
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Egypt: Officially you do not existIn Egypt, hundreds of students, political activists and protesters have vanished in the last year. They have been taken from their homes by Egypt’s National Security Agency. Victims report of brutal treatment and torture at the hands of their captors.
13 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Stop harassing Egyptian human rights defenders
On 17 July, Cairo Criminal Court is due to review a judicial order to freeze the assets of five leading human rights defenders (HRDs), members of their family, an NGO and their staff.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Egyptian national sentenced to 3 years in UAE prison
On 27 June the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced Mosaab Ahmed ‘Abdel-‘Aziz Ramadan to three years in prison followed by deportation.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Death and prison sentences after unfair trial in Egypt
An Egyptian military court has sentenced eight civilians to death and 18 others to lengthy prison terms after a grossly unfair trial that relied on “confessions” extracted under torture.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Egyptian human rights defenders still targeted
A Cairo court has confirmed a request to freeze the assets of Al-Andalus Institute for Tolerance and anti-Violence Studies and its director Ahmed Samih.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defenders' detention renewed
Cairo judges ordered on 5 June the renewed detention of two human rights defenders, Dr Ahmed Abdullah and Mina Thabet. Both are prisoners of conscience, detained solely for their human rights work with the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Malek Adly's detention renewed for 15 days in Egypt
A Cairo court renewed on 1 June the detention of prisoner of conscience Malek Adly for 15 days. The human rights lawyer is in poor health, has been ill-treated and is held in solitary confinement. He is one of hundreds arrested in the wake of protests in…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Egypt: Shawkan's trial adjourned until 28 June
A Cairo court adjourned to 28 June the trial of photojournalist Shawkan. He is a prisoner of conscience facing nine trumped-up charges and is at risk of the death penalty, if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Urgent action update: Egypt: Shawkan's trial adjourned until 28 June
A Cairo court adjourned to 28 June the trial of photojournalist Shawkan. He is a prisoner of conscience facing nine trumped-up charges and is at risk of the death penalty, if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jun 2016 -
Egypt: eight men sentenced to death following torture is latest 'affront to justice'Press release 30 May 2016
