Egypt’s Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that all its agencies have finalized the preparations necessary to secure the senate elections across the country.

Another detainee has died in detention after suffering symptoms of the coronavirus. Khaled Taha, 58, died at the Haram Police station as a result of a stroke and pneumonia.

At least 14 prisoners and detainees have died from likely COVID-19 complications in scantly-monitored outbreaks of the disease at Egyptian detention centres, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Several Egyptian prisons and police stations have had suspected Covid-19 outbreaks in recent weeks amid a strict official information blackout, Human Rights Watch said today.

Court of Cassation upheld, on Tuesday, a verdict of acquitting Mubarak-era interior minister Habib El-Adly and fining him EGP 500 in the case of “public funds embezzlement”.

Three rights organisations have launched a campaign to highlight the plight of victims of torture in Egypt to mark mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

Egyptian security forces have arrested the human rights defender Ahmed Amasha and forcibly disappeared him for seven days.

The family of prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah were beaten and robbed as they gathered outside the notorious Tora prison, a relative said on Monday.

Egypt is transforming the fourth wing of its infamous Scorpion Prison into a quarantine centre for prisoners with suspected coronavirus.

The mother of a detained Egyptian activist died last week after being turned back from visiting her son in prison.