At least six teenagers were killed in a fire at a juvenile detention centre in the Al-Marg neighbourhood of the Egyptian capital late last week.

The Egyptian authorities arrested retired journalist Tawfiq Ghanem two weeks ago, according to a statement by his family, while another journalist was transferred to a hospital under deterioration of his health condition, reports Anadolu Agency.

At least 11 US citizens, permanent residents, or visa holders were detained by Egyptian authorities in 2020, Freedom Initiative reports

A leading human rights group has urged the Egyptian government to release a mother who was arrested after filing a complaint and speaking publicly about the alleged torture and sexual assault of her detained son.

A security source has denied claims circulated on social media that a number of prisoners have gone on a hunger strike in Torah prison.

Egyptian journalists have criticised the conditions of their imprisonment without trial or investigation in political cases during the era of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.

At least three of the prisoner’s family members have been detained since they published the allegations of sexual assault and torture.

Human rights sources in Egypt revealed that a number of prisoners in Cairo’s Wadi El-Natrun prison have staged a strike in protest against mass executions that were carried out earlier this month, Arabi21 reported.

Egyptian authorities arrested the parents and sibling of a political detainee who alleged he was tortured and sexually abused in prison, according to his brother.

Egyptian authorities will release 1,686 prisoners to mark Ramadan, including members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement, according to reports.