Egypt’s public prosecution has released a statement on the torture videos that were leaked in January to say that detainees used coins to injure themselves.
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3 activists begin hunger strike to protest remand detention, ‘rotation’
Three prominent activists have been on hunger strike since late last week in protest of their prolonged remand detention at Tora Prison Complex, their lawyers told Mada Masr.
Egypt: Opposition activist begins hunger strike over three year pre-trial detention
A prominent opposition activist in Egypt began a hunger strike on Sunday in protest at more than three years in detention, according to a rights group.
Egyptian activist protests his detention, begins hunger strike
Egyptian activist Walid Shawky began a hunger strike to protest against his detention for more than three years, a leading local rights organisation said Sunday.
Egypt: 42-year-old political prisoner dies after denial of medical care
Egyptian businessperson Ahmed Shaheen has died in custody due to medical negligence, a rights group told Middle East Eye on Saturday.
Fears mount for mental state of imprisoned blogger Mohamed Oxygen after refusal to attend mother’s funeral
A lawyer for imprisoned blogger Mohamed “Oxygen” Ibrahim is looking to file a lawsuit before the State Council to compel the Interior Ministry to allow Ibrahim visitation rights in prison, fearing that his mental health has severely deteriorated after being denied any contact with his family for nearly two years.
Egypt: Detainees appeal to President Sisi to intervene after torture scandal
Days after a video of them complaining about being tortured and ill-treated in a police station, several Egyptian inmates say that they have been beaten, threatened, and banned from all communications with their families by the very officers they had accused of torturing them.
Egyptian journalist addresses authorities over forcibly disappeared opposition party member
Prominent Egyptian journalist Khaled Dawoud addressed in a Facebook post on Monday President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and other top officials over the fate of Al-Dostour opposition party member Haitham El-Banna.
Egyptian detainees ‘disappear’ after leaked police station torture video
Egyptians detained in a Cairo police station that is embroiled in an abuse scandal have lost all contact with the outside world, raising fears that they have been forcibly disappeared.
Egyptian human rights lawyer ‘forcibly disappeared’
Egyptian human rights lawyer Osama Bayoumi has been “forcibly disappeared” since his detention four days ago in Cairo, a rights group told Middle East Eye on Tuesday.