Egypt has arrested eight people over a train collision last week, prosecutors said in a statement Monday that also revised the death toll down to 18 people.

Five residents of a Giza neighborhood have been forcibly disappeared after they were arrested during a Friday demonstration against expropriation and home demolitions in the area for which residents fear they won’t receive proper compensation.

Egyptian social media users have lashed out at security services after a man was reportedly beaten to death by a police officer on Wednesday.

A journalist working for Egyptian state media has been sacked and arrested after he was cited by Saudi Arabia’s Minister of African Affairs Ahmed Al-Kattan in criticism of the “spineless” Arab League and the “oversized salaries” of its employees, including its secretary general.

A group of human rights organizations issued a statement on Wednesday condemning the Public Prosecution’s intransigence in investigating allegations of torture and maltreatment inside Egyptian prisons.

Hasiba Mahsoob, a 50-year-old Egyptian businesswoman, was at a public place in Alexandria, Egypt, in November 2019 when security forces arrested her. They took her to an undisclosed location, probably one of the National Security Agency’s illegal detention sites where they routinely “disappear” dissidents.

Egyptian rights activists in the United States are accusing the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of targeting their loved ones to pressure them into silence, spurring calls for President Joe Biden to put pressure on Egypt to address its human rights record.

An Egyptian journalist, known for his criticism of the country’s government, went missing upon his return to the country, his son said on Sunday.

When family, friends and members of Minya’s Coptic community gathered in church on Friday, tensions and grievances had been building for two days.

The government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is harassing and intimidating the families of activists in the United States, targeting at least four families since August, a coalition of human rights groups said Friday.