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Jun 23 2020 8:41pm
Egypt: Human rights activist arrested outside public prosecutor's office
Egyptian human rights activist Sanaa Seif was detained today outside t...
Jun 18 2020 11:06am
Egypt: medics arrested for speaking out over COVID-19 failings
Six doctors and two pharmacists arrested, and medics transferred to qu...
May 7 2020 6:26pm
Egypt: 1,600 people held without trial have detentions extended despite COVID-19 fears
‘Terrorism circuit’ judges make mass decisions without defendants pres...
Apr 8 2020 4:39pm
Urgent Action outcome: Musician released on probation
On 13 May 2019, 33-year-old musician Rami Sidky was released on probat...
Mar 20 2020 6:30pm
Egypt: Call for release of at-risk prisoners amid coronavirus crisis
Prisoners already held in inhumane conditions in overcrowded jails ...
Mar 10 2020 5:08pm
Egypt: former MP given one-year jail sentence for BBC interview
Politician and human rights lawyer Zyad el-Elaimy sentenced to year in...
Mar 2 2020 4:56pm
Egypt: 37 death sentences imposed after deeply unfair terrorism trial
Many defendants say they were tortured, including with electric shocks...
Mar 2 2020 3:59pm
Thank you for supporting Amal Fathy
Thanks to everyone who took action for Amal Fathy – a women's righ...
Feb 24 2020 8:16pm
Egypt: Eight men executed following military trial
Amnesty International has received confirmation that the Egyptian auth...
Feb 18 2020 8:59am
Middle East in 2019: 'year of defiance' met by shocking state violence - new report
‘Inspiring’ protests in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Egypt met by lethal fo...