Activist and journalist Israa Abd El Fattah told the State Security Prosecution on Sunday that she was beaten and tortured to force her to unlock her phone, and announced that she is on hunger strike to protest her treatment, her lawyer said, a day after she was arrested by national …

Prominent Egyptian activist and journalist Israa Abdelfattah has told prosecutors that she was tortured and beaten during her arrest in Cairo this weekend, according to her friends and lawyers.

Prominent Egyptian journalist and former activist Israa Abdelfattah has gone missing after being detained by plainclothes officers on Saturday night in the Egyptian capital, a friend who witnessed the incident said.

Shortly after his arrest on September 29 from the Dokki police station, where he had been serving a probation sentence, activist and writer Alaa Abd El Fattah was blindfolded and taken to the maximum security wing of Tora Prison.

A prominent Sinai activist working as an IT engineer in the UAE is facing deportation to Egypt after sharing Facebook posts from Massaad Abu Fager.

Leaders of the Arab National Congress called on the Algerian and Egyptian authorities to release recently arrested national leaders.

There has been growing criticism on social media of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his government following the failure of negotiations with Ethiopia regarding its controversial Renaissance Dam project.

Egyptian state officials, members of parliament and the country’s pro-government media are fervently working to contain the anger on the streets and prevent a recent wave of dissent from escalating into a full-blown political crisis.

The Egyptian government likely launched a series of sophisticated cyberattacks against activists, journalists and opposition figures, an cybersecurity firm has found.

Haitham Wagih Abu Tawila became a minor celebrity in Egypt after livestreaming the police’s unsuccessful attempts to raid his home. Now, however, he has gone missing.