Mohammed Khater Ghamry has become the eighth person to die in an Egyptian detention centre this month after he was denied critical medical care for suspected coronavirus.

A number of prisoners were released on Thursday as per Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi decree of pardoning a number of prisoners on the occasion of Sinai Liberation Day on April 25, as a series of presidential pardons have been issued during the past years.

“Prison doesn’t kill but loneliness does. I need your support in order not to die. I tried to resist on my own … so that I get out the person you’ve known; but I can’t take it anymore.” An Egyptian artist wrote these words a few months before he died …

The recent death of young video director Shady Habash in an Egyptian prison is “a case of medical negligence”, rights groups and a former political prisoner said following the release of preliminary findings by prosecutors on Tuesday.

An Egyptian filmmaker found dead last week in the country’s notorious Tora prison died after ingesting alcohol intended for use as hand sanitiser, the public prosecution has claimed, seemingly contradicting accounts from fellow prisoners who said guards ignored calls for help.

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday that 4,011 prisoners had been released as part of a presidential amnesty to mark Sinai Liberation Day.

An Egyptian content creator was arrested after calling for applications from women who wanted to livestream for money. TikTok and Instagram star Haneen Hossam was arrested Tuesday morning by Egypt’s interior ministry after a video she posted caused uproar in Egypt.

Egypt has revealed it is testing inmates at all its prisons for coronavirus, releasing rare footage of prominent political prisoners in the process.

The Egyptian presidency pardoned 460 convicts to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Battle of Ismailia, it was announced on Thursday, as it announced further plans to release more prisoners ahead of Sinai Liberation Day next week.

Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abdel Fattah has gone on hunger strike in Cairo’s Tora prison in protest against his detention and the continued ban on family visits amid the coronavirus pandemic, his sister said on Wednesday.