Latest in Tag: Ahmed Douma Highlight
Latest in Tag: Ahmed Douma

Detained activists’ lawsuits adjourned to May
Court looked into two separate lawsuits concerning Alaa Abdel Fattah and Ahmed Douma

Detained activist Ahmed Douma spending his birthday in poor health: wife
Serving a long jail term, the 28-year-old revolutionary needs knee surgery

Campaign begins against solitary confinement in Egypt
The online campaign aims to expose harsh conditions inside Egyptian prisons and tell the stories of detainees kept in solitary confinement

Sons of former autocrat to walk free after expiry of their sentences in the “Presidential Palaces” case
Mubarak’s sons formerly charged with corruption

The mysterious case of falsely imprisoned Ahmed Abdel Rahman
In a different country, it would be a policeman fending off against the assault on women by a hound of rabid civilians dragging them violently in the street in plain view, but this is Egypt. It was a passer-by, an ordinary young citizen from Aswan, who saw women being dragged and beaten by men in …

Open letter calls on Obama and Ban to raise Ahmed Maher’s detention with Al-Sisi
Letter calling for the release of 6 April founder carries signatures of prominent figures, including Noam Chomsky

Detained activist Ahmed Douma sends new letter from prison
“30 June was a dream which turned into a nightmare,” writes Douma
Egypt’s young activists face crackdown, repression: Amnesty International
“The country has reverted fully to being a police state,” rights group says

Cabinet clashes retrial to resume on 9 June
Journalist, police conscript and lawyer punished by judge Nagy Shehata during session
23 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to life imprisonment
Defendants in Tanta charged with violence, insulting army and police

16 defendants face retrial in Cabinet Clashes case
Lawyers’ Syndicate boycott of case still ongoing, say defence lawyers

US Senator John McCain calls out Egypt’s human rights, reaffirms military support
Leader of the Senate’s Armed Services Committee statement highlights case of imprisoned activists, rejecting trade-off between democracy and security

Egypt’s face of justice: Court considers labelling 6 April ‘terrorist organisation’
Judicial system a joke, movement will not respect court verdicts, says spokesperson
Egypt’s face of justice: Trial of 80 protesters arrested on 25 January anniversary
“Judges who hate the revolution have orders to take its icons down,” says lawyer

The ‘executions judge’ Nagy Shehata
Meet the man behind the Al Jazeera, Operations Room and Cabinet Clashes cases

Bread and Freedom Party demands release of all prisoners of conscience
Leftist party boycotting elections, citing oppressive practices by police

Court upholds jail term for activists Douma, Maher, and Adel
Activists were sentenced to 3 years in prison in December 2013

HRW lambasts Egypt’s prisons for deaths, torture
“Authorities are more aggressive when it comes to detained political activists,” says lawyer

Court ‘terrorises’ defence lawyers on cabinet clashes case: Lawyers’ Syndicate
Court refers syndicate statement to prosecution for insults, defence lawyers withdraw from cabinet clashes case

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

Contradictory accounts over activist Ahmed Douma’s hunger strike
Rights group says hunger strikes on rise

Activist Ahmed Douma’s trial halted
Judge to be reviewed after being challenged by lawyers

Lawyers challenge ‘untrustworthy’ jugde in case against activist Ahmed Douma
Court refused most of defence’s demands, according to ANHRI

Douma trial postponed
Renowned activist accused of committing violence in 2011

Cabinet clashes trial postponed until 4 August
Ahmed Douma, 268 others on trial for 2011 violence

Prisoner 41,138
By Amr Khalifa The sun beat down with an untethered ferocity on the cuts on her shoulders, and the fact that the shirt was torn was not helping. Her mobile phone barely had enough charge to call her family to pick her up from the empty desert road where she had been dumped. It had only …

Sisi’s ideal first decision: Release the detained youth
By Emad Al-Din Hussein Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was sworn in Sunday and has officially become the country’s president. All eyes have turned to him to pull Egypt out of its unprecedented crisis. Experts and observers have all been talking about what the first decision taken by the new president will be. Most …

Campaigns continue to compete for voters
Al-Sisi campaign promotes energy saving, Sabahy promises to release political prisoners

Cabinet clashes trial postponed to 11 May
Ahmed Douma, 268 others on trial for 2011 violence