On 25 January, Islam Khalil and four other prisoners began a hunger strike to protest their arbitrary detention.

Hoda Abdelmoniem appeared before the prosecution for investigation, and her pre-trial detention was renewed for 15 days.

On 8 January 2019, the Cairo Criminal Court renewed Islam Khalil’s detention for a further 45 days.

Sudanese political activist Mohamed Hassan Alim Shareef was deported from Egypt to Sudan on 9 October.

The Supreme Military Court of Appeals formally agreed to reconsider the death sentences of two men.

Human rights lawyer, Hoda Abdelmoniem, arrested on 1 November 2018 after State Security forces broke into her apartment.

Egypt's Court of Cassation upheld death sentence of Sheikh Abdel Rehim Abdel Halim Gabreel – an 80-year-old Quran tutor.

Islam Khalil, a former victim of an enforced disappearance, has been held in pre-trial detention on trumped-up charges.

Human rights defenders Ezzat Ghoniem and Azzoz Mahgoub have been forcibly disappeared since 14 September.

Amal Fathy sentenced to two years in prison and a large fine for her peaceful activism.