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Leaked videos raise concerns about dire conditions inside Egypt’s Badr prison
A series of leaked videos from inside one of Egypt’s newly constructed prisons has raised serious concerns among rights groups and activists about the conditions of political prisoners, including lack of medical attention, solitary confinement and bans on family visits.
Egyptian women group face terrorism-related charges over ‘cooking for political prisoners’
An Egyptian state security prosecutor renewed on Sunday, 10 September, the dentation of several women for 15 days, pending further investigations into the charges of allegedly supporting and fundraising for a terrorist group.
Egypt: Detained government critic Hisham Kassem begins hunger strike
Egyptian opposition activist Hisham Kassem has begun a hunger strike in custody, his supporters said on Saturday, in protest against what he considers as politically motivated detention.
In Egypt, relatives of regime critics face state reprisal
On Saturday 26 August, protestors took to the streets in Frankfurt, Germany in front of the Egyptian General Consulate to protest the arbitrary detainment of German resident, Alaa Eladly.
ENHR: After deportation from Bahrain, 2 Egyptian opposition figures detained pending terrorism charges
After being deported to Egypt from Bahrain, opposition figures Al-Sayed Mohamed Mahmoud Ajez and Mohamed Al-Iraqi Saad Hassanein were ordered detained last week pending investigation into terrorism charges, their lawyers said.
Egypt activist Ahmed Douma freed after presidential pardon
Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure in the country’s 2011 uprising who has spent the past decade behind bars, walked free from prison Saturday following a presidential pardon.
Egypt: Forces arrest journalist after report on officials aboard seized plane in Zambia
Egyptian security forces detained a local journalist who had covered a breaking news story allegedly involving five Egyptian officials aboard a private plane seized by Zambian authorities earlier this week.
Rights group: Egyptian political detainee dies in prison
Egyptian political prisoner, Mahmoud Abdel-Raheem, has died in the Gamasa Prison in Damietta governorate, two months after both his daughter and wife were killed in a car accident while on their way to visit him in detention, a rights watchdog has said.
Outrage in Egypt as two citizens allegedly killed by police
Alleged police brutality continues in Egypt as two citizens were reportedly killed by cops in separate provinces in the North African country recently, sparking outrage by activists and human rights advocates.