A Middle East rights watchdog has gathered testimonies from families of Egyptian political prisoners detailing authorities’ arbitrary refusal of food items sent to prisoners.

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) has today condemned the Egyptian regime of General turned President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s denial of adequate medical treatment for detainees in its prisons.

Blogger Abdel Rahman Tarek, known as “Mocha,” ended on Wednesday a 53-day hunger strike in protest of his prolonged remand detention, his lawyer and sister told Mada Masr on Thursday.

Detained journalist Solafa Magdy has accused police officers and personnel at Qanater Prison of physical assault, harassment and intimidation, according to legal complaints filed to several state authorities by Magdy’s defense team on Saturday.

Egyptian authorities intensified their repression of peaceful government critics and ordinary people during 2020, virtually obliterating any space for peaceful assembly, association or expression, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2021.

The Egyptian Interior Ministry announced that it has referred 1,112 cases to Egypt’s Public Prosecution against citizens who were either unable or refused to pay the new LE50 instant fine after violating the government-mandated precautionary measures against COVID-19.

An Egyptian security source denied allegations circulated on Facebook pages affiliated to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (MB) about a COVID-19 outbreak in prisons, leading to multiple fatalities.

Egypt’s Interior Ministry denied on Saturday “rumours” about the “collective punishment” of opposition detainees held in the notorious Scorpion Prison, the state-owned news agency MENA has reported.

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior has finalized all security preparations to secure the run-off parliament elections through a comprehensive security 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.