Urgent Action update: Amal Fathy remains imprisoned in Egypt as trial is postponed
Amal Fathy’s trial was postponed to 8 September in one case and her pre-trial detention renewed for 15 days in another.
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience on hunger strike in Egypt
Human rights defender Hanan Badr el-Din has begun a hunger strike after her pre-trial detention has been extended.
Urgent Action Update: Arbitrarily detained prisoner on hunger strike in Egypt
Ola al-Qaradawi started a hunger strike, demanding the end of her arbitrary detention and abusive prison conditions
Urgent Action update: Amal Fathy remains in Egypt jail for charges in one case
An Egyptian prosecutor has two weeks to decide whether to renew Amal Fathy's detention on the second case or release her.
Urgent Action Update: 30 June set as date of verdict for Shawkan in Egypt
The Court has set the 30 June as the date for issuing the verdict in the case against “Shawkan and 738 other defendants.
Urgent Action: Detained for addressing sexual harassment in Egypt
Egyptian authorities ordered the pre-trial detention of woman human rights defender Amal Fathy for a total of 30 days.
Urgent Action: Egyptian defenders and journalists detained
Ezzat Ghoniem has been detained for almost a month over unfounded charges along with journalists and a lawyer.
Urgent Action Update: Court upholds death sentences of two men in Egypt
The Supreme Military Court of Appeals upheld the death sentences of two men, who are now at imminent risk of execution.
Urgent Action Update: Prosecutor calls for death penalty in mass trials in Egypt
The prosecutor in the “Rabaa dispersal” case has called for sentencing of 739 defendants, including Shawkan, to death.
Urgent Action update: Six men to be executed in Egypt if last appeal rejected
On 12 February, the Supreme Military Court postponed the verdict of six men appealing their death sentence to 26 February