Urgent Action: Three politicians arbitrarily detained
Politicians and others have been arbitrarily detained over charges that relate to their peaceful political activities.
Urgent Action update: Uyghur woman held incommunicado for 2 years
Buzainafu Abudourexiti continues to be held in incommunicado detention after she was suddenly detained in March 2017.
Urgent Action: Researcher forcibly disappeared
Ibrahim Ezz El-Din, a housing rights researcher with an NGO, was arrested by security forces and forcibly disappeared.
Urgent Action update: Arbitrarily detained couple remains held
Egyptian authorities have decided to imprison Ola al-Qaradawi over unfounded charges.
Urgent Action: Transgender woman held in all-male prison
19-year-old transgender woman human rights defender, arbitrarily detained in the all-male Mazra’at Tora prison.
Urgent Action good news: Arbitrarily detained Egyptian activist released
Egyptian activist Islam Khalil was released on probation after more than a year in arbitrary detention.
Urgent Action outcome: Death sentences commuted to life imprisonment
Egypt’s Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally accepted an appeal on two death sentences.
Urgent Action update: Held incommunicado despite release order
Islam Khalil's family believes that he is at serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment in incommunicado detention.
Urgent Action: Jailed musician faces trumped-up charges
On 5 May 2018, Egyptian authorities arrested 33-year-old musician Rami Sidky at Cairo International Airport.
Urgent Action update: Pre-trial detention for human rights defender
On 9 February, a judge ordered the pre-trial detention of human rights defender and lawyer Ezzat Ghoniem for 45 days.