Egypt’s interior ministry insists prison in the Nile Delta operates according to modern standards and safeguards human rights

Ismailia’s Al-Azouly military prison must be investigated for its widespread practices of torture and forced disappearances, declared two human rights organizations in a joint statement issued Thursday.

NHCR presents to Interim President Mansour complaints regarding police violations during arrest, detention and imprisonment, and deteriorating conditions in prisons and prison hospitals

NHCR presents to Interim President Mansour complaints regarding police violations during arrest, detention and imprisonment, and deteriorating conditions in prisons and prison hospitals

Osama Morsy, son of deposed President Mohamed Morsy, said he was banned on Sunday from visiting his father in Borg al-Arab prison as a lawyer, despite getting court permission to visit him. 

Osama Morsy, son of deposed President Mohamed Morsy, said he was banned on Sunday from visiting his father in Borg al-Arab prison as a lawyer, despite getting court permission to visit him. 

The conviction and imprisonment of 21 female protesters, including seven girls, after they participated in a peaceful pro-Morsi demonstration in Alexandria shows the Egyptian authorities’ determination to punish dissent, Amnesty International said.

A US citizen has been found dead in a provincial Egyptian jail, six weeks after being arrested in Egypt‘s restive north Sinai peninsula, Egyptian officials have confirmed.

Eric Lang, a French national living in Egypt, was beaten to death by inmates in a Cairo police station. Photograph: Alain Blotti Re/AP

(New York) – Egypt’s military-installed government should end its arbitrary acts against the Muslim Brotherhood and the news media, Human Rights Watch said today. Since Defense Minister General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi announced the removal of President Mohamed Morsy from power on the night of July 3, the authorities have detained Muslim Brotherhood leaders, …