Five of Soltan’s relatives were forcibly taken by security forces from their homes last month, and his imprisoned father was interrogated. That came after Soltan filed a lawsuit in the United States against former Egyptian prime minister Hazem el-Beblawi, accusing him of overseeing the torture Soltan endured in prison.

Egypt’s Ministry of Justice has submitted a bill to parliament proposing amendments that would include further protections for survivors of sexual harassment who are afraid to speak up.

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.

Egyptian healthcare workers find themselves in a precarious position, with many forced to choose between risking their lives in the fight against Covid-19 and being arrested for voicing safety concerns or criticising the government’s handling of the public health crisis.

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.

An American medical student who was held without trial in an Egyptian prison for more than 400 days has been freed and returned to the United States, an advocacy group for political prisoners said in a statement on Monday.

Egypt’s top appeals court upheld on Saturday a 15-year prison sentence for a leading figure of the country’s 2011 uprising, according to a judicial source.

Two militants who allegedly had been plotting terror attacks were killed in an exchange of gunfire with security forces in the Jalbana area of North Sinai June 30. The Egyptian news reports quoted a statement by the Interior Ministry that weapons and ammunition were seized during a police raid that “thwarted terrorist attacks planned to coincide …

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.

The Cairo Cassation Court has reduced the sentence of Central Security Forces officer Yassin Saleh to seven years, for his role in the 2015 death of socialist activist Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh.