Latest in Tag: detention Highlight
Latest in Tag: detention

14-year old arrested for presenting anti-army sentiments
Student was arrested near school; detained for one day

Pre-trial detention period extended
Presidential decree extends pre-trial detention period to 45 days for crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment with no maximum limit

Salah Sultan and Beltagy handed detention orders
Sultan was arrested recently while Al-Beltagy was arrested last month

Journalists detention and harassment continues
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Head of the Constituent Assembly to ensure that the constitution protects press freedom

More Kerdasa detainees
Prosecution orders the detention of 23 detainees

Foreign Ministry: “There have been no political arrests since 30 June Revolution”
The statement comes in response to recent US State Department criticism of “politicized arrests” in Egypt
Fate of Nahed Sherif has yet to be decided by court
Sherif was arrested along with three others last year and sentenced to two years

EOHR condemns Abu Deraa detention
Journalist being kept in detention for 15 days and facing a military trial

Morsi detained for four days for “insulting judiciary”
Al-Beltagy and Hegazy’s trial adjourned to 5 October
Arrests of MB and affiliates continue
More members of the group have been arrested as well as an advisor of former Prime Minister Hesham Qandil

Civilians still face military trials
Several civilians tried for crimes related to “harming” the armed forces

Detentions renewed for those arrested following pro-Morsi protests
Rights group says almost 1500 arrested since pro-Morsi sit-ins dispersal
Al-Zawahiri’s aide arrested
Detainee accused of providing Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in with weapons

Families of detained children storm Shubra Al-Khayma Police Station
42 children detained after suspicions that the Brotherhood gathered them to participate in their sit-ins

Ban Ki-moon calls for Morsi’s release
UN Secretary General urges interim government to end arbitrary arrests
Eight Muslim Brotherhood Leaders transferred to a high-security prison
Freedom and Justice Party: “This transfer is against the law”

Pakinam Al-Sharkawy and two others released from detention
Brotherhood leader stated three detained with Morsi were released to an undisclosed location

Rights group boycotts investigation into Republican Guards clashes
The Front to Defend Egypt’s Protesters decides it will not defend “those who take up arms”

Ultras White Knights leader released on bail
Ultras White Knights rally at Agouza police station

Trial referrals for UAE detainees imminent
Egyptian ambassador to the UAE visits detained Brotherhood members and says investigations will conclude soon

Profile: Basma Yehia, youth in detention
One of the four defendants left in an investigation into clashes at the presidential palace in April is a minor and said to be suffering from clinical depression

Alleged Black Bloc members detained another 15 days
Detainees were arrested after prosecutor general issued arrest warrants for 22 alleged members

Presidential spokesperson denies decline in freedoms
Ehab Fahmy comments on detentions, Tamarod campaign and Egypt’s foreign relations

Coptic teacher detained for an additional 15 days
NSF denounces the detention and expresses their support for the teacher

6 April co-founder Ahmed Maher’s arrest update
6 April co-founder taken into custody by police at Cairo Airport on return from the US, charged with incitement

6 April’s Ahmed Maher arrested
6 April co-founder taken into custody by police at Cairo Airport on return from the US

Mubarak in detention for 15 more days
The Illicit Gains Authority has ordered the renewed detention of ousted president Mubarak

‘We will free them’ campaign launches
Political movements announce a ‘corrective revolution’ on 17 May to topple regime and free detainees

Appeal to release Black Bloc detainees rejected
Among the detainees is a 15 year old boy with a health condition

15 more days of detention for Mubarak
Renewed detention ordered by Illicit Gains Authority for charges of illegally amassing funds