Latest in Tag: crackdown Highlight
Latest in Tag: crackdown
Parliament was informed about committeeâs visit to Geneva: MP Al-Sadat
Al-Sadat and other MPs were subject to harassment from fellow MPs and the media due to their recent participation in an international human rights conference
CIHRS cancels annual human rights summer school in fear of crackdown
The annual summer school has been hosted in Cairo for 22 years
Parliamentâs Human Rights Committee and NCHR: two legitimate human rights bodies obstructed
As the state and its affiliates remain reluctant to discuss human rights, the space for conversation on the topic dissipates
Ill treatment of Malek Adly ordered by top state authorities: lawyers
Campaign supporting prisoners of conscience exposes Adlyâs case as symbol of crackdown
Lawyers Syndicate announces support for arrested rights defender Malek Adly
The syndicate will not abandon its sons who defend the nation, its independence, and its freedoms, says Sameh Ashour
Prosecution issues more arrest warrants ahead of Mondayâs protests
Security crackdown continues following dozens of arbitrary arrests and house raids
Nationwide security raids ahead of 25 April protests
Rights’ lawyers filed reports accusing Interior Ministry of kidnapping citizens, after failing to obtain information on the whereabouts of those arrested
Plea to suspend imprisonment verdict against novelist Ahmed Nagy
Defence lawyers of jailed journalist and novelist Ahmed Nagy filed a plea Tuesday to suspend the sentence of imprisonment until an appeal against the verdict is reviewed by the court. The plea stated that the verdict is marred by faulty application of the law. Bulaq Criminal Court sentenced Nagy Saturday to two years in prison …
Thousands of arrests in 2015 cause overcrowding in cells: NCHR
11,877 were arrested during 2015, 418 in October for alleged Brotherhood membership, according to interior ministry
More assets seized by state for âMuslim Brotherhood affiliationâ
The finances of 16 hospitals across Egypt are to be seized by a committee tasked with handling assets of the Muslim Brotherhood members, in a severe crackdown on their companies and civil organisations since the ouster of Mohamed Morsi in 2013. In a statement released Monday by state media, the committee said that the administration …
5 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members arrested
Charges of inciting violence and unlawfully demonstrating
French student arrested, deported from Egypt for researching 6 April
âThey knew who I was and what I was doing long before the arrest,â says student
Legal amendments expected to speed up executions
Possible Muslim Brotherhood figures’ executions in coming days, says human rights expert
Egyptâs young activists face crackdown, repression: Amnesty International
âThe country has reverted fully to being a police state,â rights group says
Hospital allegedly refuses medical follow up for critically ill detainee
63-year-old detaineeâs health deteriorated due to prison circumstances
3,977 people arrested in 2015 for alleged Muslim Brotherhood membership: Interior ministry
By the numbers, arrests averages leap in 2015, detainees are either waiting for an investigation or were handed sentences, rights groups says
Islamist leader Essam Derbala arrested on terrorism charges
Derbala remained committed to Anti-Coup Alliance
NGOs accuse state of corruption, but we don’t look at ourselves: Maat GM
Ayman Okeil discusses postponed elections, and internal politics among Egyptian NGOs
Religious Endowments Ministry to form anti-atheism awareness groups
A conference will be held in May to set up new regulations for religious speech
Joint statement from prominent rights organisations condemn radio directorâs arrest
Arrest of Ahmed Samih is another instance of âongoing campaign to intimidate and terrorise human rights defendersâ
Young political parties and the election game: To play or not to play?
Party members eager to reflect revolutionâs demands for democracy by participating
Media ethics in post-30 June Egypt
Religious figures, actors and other irrelevant guests are hosted to discuss and analyse matters of political importance on media channels, which neither differ in conduct nor content.
Egyptian AIDS Society slams TV show over ‘homosexual orgies’ episode
Arrests part of campaign by government to distract attention from crackdown on civil society, says LGBT expert
Courts sentence alleged Muslim Brotherhood members
A group of 15 on trial in Beheira handed life prison sentences, after being tried in absentia
Egypt welcomes âgreat successâ of Bahrain elections
Bahrain held parliamentary and municipal elections Saturday, opposition boycotted the vote
Student arrested in possession of weapons
Ain Shams student allegedly used weapons during marches
Minister warns of Brotherhood teams ready to kill and destroy
Statements follow reconciliation initiative proposed by a Brotherhood figure recently released from prison
Border security is a âsacred missionâ: Defence minister
More arrested as security campaign in Sinai continues
Al-Jazeera ruling âdisturbing sign for the future of the Egyptian pressâ: Rights groups
Local and international rights groups quick to condemn âpolitically orchestratedâ trial
Minya verdict âheinous crime unprecedented in historyâ: MB
Brotherhood hits back at judiciary over death sentence for 183 alleged Islamists