Egypt Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly committed his nation during a meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday to examine multiple cases of Americans detained in Egypt, the Department of State said in a readout.

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.

Aisha Al-Shater has been in hospital for a week after her health seriously deteriorated following a second hunger strike in protest against her prison conditions.

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.

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

Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has now been detained without any formal charges in Egypt for 1,000 days. Hussein, an Egyptian national who works for the Al Jazeera Arabic television channel in Qatar, was arrested on arrival in Egypt on December 20, 2016, while on a personal visit to see his family.

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior released 712 prisoners on Thursday, Sept. 11, according to a statement from the ministry, on the occasion of Eid al-Adha celebrations (Muslims’ Grand Feast).

A group of imprisoned youth members of the Muslim Brotherhood has issued a new letter calling on prominent public figures to mediate with Egyptian authorities in order to secure their release.

Egyptian opposition prisoner, Jumaa Mohammed Hassan, died on Friday morning hours after the Egyptian security forces suddenly raided his cell, Arab21.com reported.