A young man has died inside the El Ahram Police CheckPoint in Egypt in mysterious circumstances.

More than 200 of the world’s most prominent artists, along with nearly two dozen leading human rights groups and film organizations, are calling for the immediate release of activist and film editor Sanaa Seif — who was arrested in Cairo last month and remains behind bars in remand detention. Signatories …

Egyptian authorities released the editor of an independent news website after more than two years in pre-trial detention, the head of Journalists’ Union said.

Another detainee has died in detention after suffering symptoms of the coronavirus. Khaled Taha, 58, died at the Haram Police station as a result of a stroke and pneumonia.

Egyptian authorities have imprisoned 42 protesters who were demonstrating against the government’s decision to demolish their homes.

At least 14 prisoners and detainees have died from likely COVID-19 complications in scantly-monitored outbreaks of the disease at Egyptian detention centres, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Several Egyptian prisons and police stations have had suspected Covid-19 outbreaks in recent weeks amid a strict official information blackout, Human Rights Watch said today.

There was a dark joke circulating among Egyptians at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The humour might be a little lost in translation, but it went something like “if the virus kills enough Egyptians, the regime will give it a job”.

A prominent Egyptian journalist has died from coronavirus just days after being released from detention in Cairo.

A prominent Egyptian journalist who had been jailed on charges of broadcasting false news has died of Covid-19, raising fears that the pandemic may be spreading undetected in Egypt’s notoriously crowded prisons.