Urgent Action update: Trail of Nubian activists adjourned in Egypt
The State Security Emergency Court adjourned the trial of 32 Nubian activists to 27 February where a sentence is expected
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience denied vital medication in Egypt
Hanan Badr el-Din, currently in prison on spurious charges, is being denied necessary health care.
Urgent Action Good News: Peaceful protesters and activists released in Egypt
Human rights activist and former Prisoner of Conscience Mahienour el-Masry and labour activist Moatasem Medhat acquitted
Urgent Action update: Egyptian activists sentenced for peacefully protesting
Human rights activist Mahienour el-Masry sentenced along with labour activist Moatasem Medhat to two years in prison.
Urgent Action: Egypt continues to arrest government critics
On 16 November, security agents in plain clothes arrested Egyptian social media figure Islam al-Refaei
Urgent Action Update: New convictions for “inciting debauchery”
16 individuals sentenced to three years in prison and three years’ probation for “debauchery”, raising the total to 49
Urgent Action update: Detained couple's health critically deteriorating in Egypt
Ola al-Qaradawy and her husband Hossam Khalaf have been arrested on unfound charges and held in poor prison conditions.
Urgent Action: Egyptian ativists and prisoner of conscience in detention
Mahienour El-Masry has been detained on remand on 18 November, alongside activist Moataseem Medhat.
Urgent Action update: Nubian activists in Egypt face up to five years in prison
If convicted in a trial which has been adjourned to 12 December, 32 Nubian activists could face up to 5 years in prison.
Urgent Action update: Stop crackdown in Egypt against LGBTI individuals
Those in Egypt arrested for their perceived sexual orientation has risen to 76, with at least 32 sentenced to prison.