The Public Prosecution urged anyone in possession of footage of the 2014 gang rape alleged to have taken place in Cairo’s Fairmont Nile City Hotel to come forward on Wednesday, pledging confidentiality and protection to witnesses.
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Sexual assault cases rock Egypt with criticism over handling
Egypt is grappling with two separate sexual assault cases – one highlighting the steps that have been taken to address the issue and the other underlining monumental failings by authorities.
Read More »Forcibly disappeared graduate student brought before prosecution, handed 15-day remand detention order
Graduate student Ahmed Samir Santawy, who had been held incommunicado since February 1, has been ordered held in remand for 15 days by the State Security Prosecution, according to his lawyers.
Read More »TikTok Content Creator Haneen Hossam Released from Jail Pending Trial
Haneen Hossam has been released from jail, local media reports. Her discharge came earlier today, as she was released from the Sahel police station after posting bail, which was set at EGP 5,000.
Read More »Detention of TikTok bloggers Haneem Hossam, Mawada al-Adhmam renewed over human trafficking charges
Haneen Hossam and Mawada al-Adham, TikTok bloggers, had their detention renewed on Tuesday for 15 days pending investigation into charges of human trafficking.
Read More »Prosecution orders release of Seif El-Din Ahmed, Nazly Mustafa in Fairmont rape caseProsecution orders release of Seif El-Din Ahmed, Nazly Mustafa in Fairmont rape case
Egypt’s Public Prosecution ordered, on Wednesday, for the release of two provisional detainees who were being held pending investigations into an infamous gang rape case known as the Fairmont incident. The released have been identified as Seif El-Din Ahmed and Nazly Mustafa.
Read More »Egypt to probe four COVID deaths due to alleged lack of oxygen
Egyptian prosecutors opened an investigation into the deaths on Sunday of at least four coronavirus patients at a public Egyptian hospital, after a video of nurses struggling to keep the patients alive was shared widely on social media.
Read More »Italy to indict Egyptian security officers in Giulio Regeni murder case
Italian prosecutors in Rome announced on Thursday that they plan to seek charges against four Egyptian security officers over the torture and death of Italian student Giulio Regeni, in a major breakthrough following a lengthy investigation.
Read More »Keeping the Bodies Buried: Egypt’s closing of the inquiry into the Regeni murder is Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s way of avoiding challenges from within
Human rights campaigners around the world celebrated when security agencies in Cairo released three leading members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) on December 3.
Read More »Egypt releases human rights workers after international outcry
Egypt has released three human rights campaigners whose arrests last month triggered widespread international condemnation, their organization said Thursday.
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