At least eight detainees in Cairo’s Al-Salam Police Station are under investigation by State Security apparatus in Egypt after videos of prisoners being tortured were leaked, the Egyptian Front for Human Rights said.
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General Intelligence HQ part of Egypt’s legal areas of detention
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior on Tuesday decided to consider the headquarters of the General Intelligence Service in the New Administrative Capital as one of the places legally authorised to detain suspects in intelligence cases.
Egypt detainees say they were tortured again following video leaks
Detainees at Egypt’s Al-Salam Police Station in Cairo claim they suffered renewed torture following leaks of secret filming of abuse.
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Guide does not have covid
The Egyptian Interior Ministry yesterday denied reports that the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badei, has caught the coronavirus, Rai Al-Youm reported.
Egypt must urgently provide health care to Salah Soltan, say 19 rights groups
Nineteen human rights organisations urged the Egyptian government on Wednesday to urgently provide health care to political prisoner Salah Soltan or immediately release him after a recent visit by a relative revealed his health was in critical condition.
Seven top dangerous criminals killed in exchange of fire, Interior Ministry
The Egyptian Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday the killing of seven top dangerous criminals in an exchange of fire with police forces in the Governorate, Monufiya Nile Delta.
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 security authorities respond to serious leaks from inside detention
The Egyptian Interior Ministry, on Wednesday responded to leaked videos that went viral on social media about the torture of a person in police detention.
Families of Egypt prisoners complain of ill-treatment by police
Families of Egyptian prisoners at Abu Zaabal Prison have called for saving their sons from a “slow death” as a result of the treatment they are being subjected to by the prison services, Sharqia news website reported yesterday.