Over the summer last year, Nourhan Moustafa’s brother left the house to attend a meeting with a colleague but, instead, was arrested by National Security Agency officers who stole his money, keys and mobile phone.

Investigations by the Egyptian authorities have exonerated the country’s health minister, Hala Zayed, in a bribery case involving senior ministry officials, local media reported yesterday.

The Egyptian Public Prosecution Service accepted yesterday the petition filed by political activist Mamdouh Hamza against the inclusion of his name on the state’s list of “terrorists”. The move annuls the decision in the case last October in which he was convicted for “inciting violence and spreading fake news aiming …

Human rights organisations and activists yesterday welcomed Egypt’s decision to release 15 female detainees after they spent two years in pretrial detention.

The head of the International Dialogue Group, Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat, yesterday announced that he was reviewing cases of Egyptian prisoners held in pretrial detention, in preparation for their release in the coming days.

It was around noon on February 20, 2019 when Mounira* first heard the news. She was at home watching television when a news bulletin flashed on the screen announcing that nine prisoners had been executed that morning at dawn, among them her 27-year-old son Fouad*. A year earlier, the men …

Prosecution in Egypt’s Gharbiya governorate detained two men Tuesday 4 January, after allegations of blackmailing a minor with explicit, doctored images. Basant Khaled, a 16-year-old from Kafr El Zayat village, took her own life as a result of these actions.

Despite widespread news of his release, imprisoned Egyptian-Palestinian national Ramy Shaath, a long-time activist for the Palestinian cause and the son of a senior political figure in the Palestinian Authority, is still being held in detention, according to a source informed of the discussions around his release.

Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the release of Egyptian-Palestinian political activist Ramy Shaath, after almost 30 months in detention, according to reports citing judicial and security sources.

Egypt’s Public Prosecution announced on Dec. 20 that Egypt recovered 36 artifacts from Madrid that had been smuggled to Spain in 2014.