Latest in Tag: 6 April Youth Movement Highlight
Latest in Tag: 6 April Youth Movement

Ahmed Maher placed under 3-year probation following release
The activist is required to spend 6pm to 6am every day for three years at his district police station

We reject November protests incited from outsiders: 6 April Youth Movement
Calls for anti-government protests by group under slogan of “revolution of the poor” stir rejection of secular forces

Rights groups condemn treatment of detained 6 April Youth Movement coordinator
Amr Ali is one of many of the group’s activists who is behind bars

4 companies qualify for final tender of Cairo metro line 4 phase I
JICA sent its approval letter to NAT with regard to the tender qualification results

Court reduces Amr Ali’s sentence to 2 years in prison
Ali was earlier sentenced to three years in prison for illegal protesting

Court mitigates 6-month sentence against 6 April Youth Movement
Douma, Maher, and Adel are facing charges of assaulting a police officer

Excluded from Egypt’s political milieu: 6 April Youth Movement
6 April founders spend the movement’s eighth anniversary in prison

6 April Youth Movement case suspended due to lack of evidence
Dokki prosecution orders release of seven members following case’s suspension

April 6 leaders detained ahead of anniversary of 25 January
Those arrests prove the authority’s silly fear of our movement, says leading member

2 members of 6 April Youth Movement arrested without prosecution order
Abdel Maged and Nabil were arrested on charges of overthrowing the regime
Egypt’s young activists face crackdown, repression: Amnesty International
“The country has reverted fully to being a police state,” rights group says

Violations against detained students during examination: SAC
May witnessed 359 violations against students, according to Justice Center for Rights and Freedoms

Clear escalation in enforced disappearances: Activists
Security forces in campaign of disappearances, arrests against people of all political leanings after 6 April calls for general strike and Arab Sharkas executions

Court cites ‘lack of jurisdiction’ in 6 April terrorist designation case
Plaintiff plans to file report to General Prosecutor listing movement as ”terrorist organisation” under Law 8/ 2015

Defence lawyer referred to prosecution after accusing judge of bias
Cabinet clashes trial postponed to 22 November

Activist Douma’s trial postponed
Political activist remains in prison despite request for hospitalisation

Obama calls for Ahmed Maher’s release
Maher on list of global activists who Obama says “deserve to be free”

Activist Ahmed Douma’s trial postponed
Delay for court to investigate confiscated material

‘Against You’ campaign launched by revolutionary groups against Al-Sisi
“All revolutionary groups agree that Al-Sisi led a bloody coup against the revolution,” says Revolutionary Socialists leader
6 April to appeal against ban
Muslim Brotherhood accuses government of trying to “crush” dissent; Hamdeen Sabahy warns of the return of “repressive state”

6 April Youth Movement banned
Critics argue that the case did not belong in Cairo Court for Urgent Matters, question how ban will be implemented

Incarcerated 6 April leader calls for international review of Protest Law conviction
Demand is “satirical response” to interim president Adly Mansour’s statement that the Protest Law is in line with international standards

Activists protest 3-year sentence for prominent 25 January revolutionaries
Ahmed Maher, Mohamed Adel and Ahmed Douma convicted of “thuggery” under controversial Protest Law

Court upholds 3-year sentence for prominent activists
Ahmed Maher, Mohamed Adel and Ahmed Douma convicted of “thuggery” under controversial Protest Law

6 April fronts coordinating joint protests on movement’s sixth anniversary
The movement will announce details in a press conference on Thursday, says 6 April Democratic Front spokesman

6 April call for redrafting of Protest Law
Petition opposing the controversial Protest Law says Egyptian security is incapable of handling “democratic protests”
6 April Democratic Front elects new political office
Youth political movement declines to announce its numbers

6 April Youth Movement oppose Al-Sisi presidential bid
“Anyone who loves his homeland and loves the Egyptian people cannot ignore or turn his back on the state of division and acute polarisation plaguing society,” says movement

Appeal hearing of activists rescheduled for Thursday
Hearing is postponed for security reasons

Activist sentencing draws domestic and international criticism
Sunday’s verdict of three prominent activists is met with ire among political parties and civil society