State Security Prosecution renewed the detentions of two activists over the weekend by filing new charges against them.

Egyptian authorities have extended the detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein by another 45 days. The extension on Sunday came more than 1,300 days after his arrest upon arrival in Egypt’s capital, Cairo.

Egypt’s public prosecution office announced on Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into the alleged gang rape of an 18-year-old woman in a luxury hotel in Cairo in 2014.

The arrest of two women in Egypt’s Nasr City last week for their activity on social networking site TikTok comes as no surprise, given they are the latest in a string of a dozen so-called TikTok girls accused of using the platform to violate Egypt’s “family values”, a crime punishable …

Egyptian authorities have imprisoned 42 protesters who were demonstrating against the government’s decision to demolish their homes.

A prominent Egyptian journalist who had been jailed on charges of broadcasting false news has died of Covid-19, raising fears that the pandemic may be spreading undetected in Egypt’s notoriously crowded prisons.

Egypt’s Court of Cassation yesterday ordered Mubarak-era minister of Information, Safwat El-Sherif, to be held in custody pending the hearing of an appeal he filed against a three-year prison sentence, local media reported.

A member of Egypt’s medical union has appeared at the Supreme State Security Prosecutor’s office for investigation after being arrested on 28 June.

A doctor arrested after writing an article about Egypt’s fragile health system. A pharmacist picked up from work after posting online about a shortage of protective gear. An editor taken from his home after questioning official coronavirus figures. A pregnant doctor arrested after a colleague used her phone to report …

Egyptian authorities have arrested another TikTok influencer after a lawyer accused her of prostitution. Ashraf Farhat said Manar Samy was sharing immoral videos with the aim of attracting attention and earning money.