Egypt’s Public Prosecution on Tuesday imprisoned 16 people for four days over blocking a road in protest against the results of the parliamentary elections in Qena governorate.

Egypt’s public prosecutor issued a decision Oct. 17 to imprison three people on charges of premeditated murder and robbery over the killing of young woman in Cairo.

Seven rights groups have condemned the prosecution of world-famous Egyptian geotechnical engineer Mamdouh Hamza who is facing terrorism charges, Arabi21.com reported on Friday.

Egypt’s Supreme Standing Committee for Human Rights confirmed on Wednesday the launching of a new project that will allow holding pre-trial detention proceedings virtually, aiming to preserve and guarantee the rights of the detainees.

The Justice Ministry launched a new plan on Sunday to conduct detention renewals electronically instead of holding in-person court sessions, a move defense lawyers say will undermine basic due process rights.

A Giza criminal court ordered the release of satirist and video blogger Shady Abu Zaid with probationary measures late on Saturday, according to his lawyers.

UN experts have accused Egypt of using special terrorism courts to imprison human rights defenders and silence dissent, with the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi “gravely endangering” activists’ lives by imprisoning them during the pandemic.

Walid Shawky, a dentist and former member of the April 6 Youth Movement whose whereabouts have been unknown for over a month, appeared before the State Security Prosecution on Tuesday which charged him in a new case and ordered him to be held in remand detention for 15 days, according …

Human Rights Watch are calling on the Egyptian government to investigate the death of a young man who died in police custody just before the outbreak of the 20 September demonstrations.

Independent journalists in Egypt are being “crushed like grains”, a women’s rights group said, in a statement calling for the urgent release of journalist Basma Mostafa.