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Court rejects T-shirt detainee Mahmoud Husseinâs appeal on detention
âUntil when is his punishment going to continue?â asks detaineeâs brother

Lawyer highlights situation of other detainees to survive his own imprisonment
Abdel Aziz Youssef facing protest charges, arrested from home last week

Arrested lawyer absent from police media report amid âforced disappearanceâ claims
Colleagues supporting lawyer in Sharqeya blame syndicateâs âweaknesses in face of security stateâ

Shawkanâs fate unknown despite completion of legal term in detention
The fate of detained photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan, remains unknown despite hopes for his release under Article 143 of the Criminal Procedures Code on pre-trial detention periods. Since Shawkan had not been referred to trial, his lawyers and family anticipated his release. Such hopes come as just last week, a court …

Student detained over anti-torture shirt awaits detention renewal session
After over 550 days in detention, petition launched to pressure authorities to release detainee, says brother

Esraa El-Taweel calls for her release in second letter from prison
Young photojournalist is being denied medical treatment for a severe disability

Retired army officerâs son âforcibly disappearedâ, in custody for over 70 days
Family fears Islam Khalil’s killing or unjust imprisonment amid local media silence on case

Irish teenager held for over 700 days has detention renewed
Ibrahim Halawa has been held in high security prison without trial for almost two years

Trial session for fishermen detained in Sudan on Thursday
Prime Minister Mehleb set to intervene

Hearing session for detained photojournalist Shawkan postponed to 3 August
Session was postponed due to âthe security forcesâ failure to transport the detaineesâ, says support campaign
Terrorism empowers ‘military dictatorship’: Political opposition
Latest incidents put opposition in division crisis, says Revolutionary Socialists group
Shawkan completes 700 days behind bars in longest journalist pre-trial detention
â62 journalists in custody, anti-terrorism law to jail more,â says human rights lawyer
Activist released after being reportedly detained at airport, forcibly disappeared
âWe are concerned, as innocent people get killed and their bodies thrown in the desert,â says rights group

1,552 documented violations against students in 2014/15: AFTE
Arrests, suspensions and various disciplinary measures among violations against students
Amnesty International defends research against foreign ministry accusations of ‘lies’
NGO says Egyptian authorities do not differentiate between âpeaceful criticism and abuses by armed groupsâ

Egypt criticises Amnesty International over report full of âliesâ
War of words between Egypt and international human rights organisations continues
Egyptâs young activists face crackdown, repression: Amnesty International
âThe country has reverted fully to being a police state,â rights group says

Worries over detained Shawkanâs health, family plan Press Syndicate sit-in
Syndicate head says he will follow up on case of photojournalist detained almost two years without charge

A year of violations: Rights groups review violations in first year of Al-Sisiâs presidency
AFTE, El Nadeem document human rights violations in fields of press freedom, academic freedom, and inside detention facilities

Egypt detains ‘record number’ of journalists: CPJ
Journalists beaten during arrest, forcibly disappeared, tortured and subjected to inhumane treatment in prison

Detainee El-Taweelâs sister concerned over ‘inadequate’ healthcare conditions in prison
So far, we do not know why Esraa is detained, no clear charges against her, says defence lawyer

HRW tells Germany to investigate Al Jazeera journalistâs detention
Interpol had rejected Cairoâs request to issue extradition notice

Detention extended for 11 arrested following violent January protest
The 11 individuals have been in pre-trial detention for five months

Gerry Adams writes to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi over long-detained Irish teenager
Ibrahim Halawa has been held in a maximum security prison without trial for almost two years
State Security ban retrial adjourned to 4 August
Security personnel civil arrest is illegal and unconstitutional, says lawyer

Disappeared detainee allegedly found in Al-Qanater Prison
Esraa El-Taweel spotted more than two weeks after disappearance

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

New Cairo prison opens to reduce crowding inside detention facilities
The 15th of May Prison was recently constructed to improve health conditions inside prisons

Rights groups concerned of investigations into anti-torture judges
Judges are interrogated under pretence of their participation in workshop organised by âillegalâ organisation to draft anti-torture law

Khaled Saidâs family demands EGP 5bn compensation
Money will be used for charity, says the victim of police brutalityâs mother