Egypt’s Cabinet is planning to issue a new law imposing more penalties for the marriage of underage girls and child labour, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said during a Cabinet meeting on the national strategic population plan.

The family of detained human rights lawyer Hoda Abdelmoneim have called on authorities to release her on medical grounds due to a reported deterioration in her health condition.

A mother of three and grandmother of several was blindfolded and beaten repeatedly in detention in Egypt, rights organisation We Record has revealed, before being sexually assaulted and electrocuted on her genitals.

National laws to protect women in Sudan, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon remain inadequate despite efforts made to change legislation, a new report by Plan International says.

The human rights organisation We Record has documented several unprecedented violations inside Al-Qanater women’s prison.

Egyptian officials physically assaulted a number of female political prisoners at the Qanatir women’s jail on Saturday in an “unprecedented violation,” a rights group reported.

The recent death of Mariam Mohamed, a 24-year-old Egyptian woman, has spurred a viral wave of shock and outcry on social media.

Egyptian authorities have unlawfully detained two men, citing “suspicion” over their sexual orientation and under the pretext of investigation into a high-profile gang-rape case, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.

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.

Egyptian police have arrested at least one of the three alleged perpetrators involved in the killing of a young woman in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday night in an incident that sparked anger across the Middle Eastern country.