Latest in Tag: police brutality Highlight
Latest in Tag: police brutality

Trial begins for police conscripts over assault on Matariya doctors
The incident dates back to January and had triggered a strong reaction from the Doctors Syndicate

State of law above display of power and terror: Press Syndicate leader
Syndicate president asserts journalistsâ union in âfight for dignityâ, maintains demands of accountability for security assaults in public assembly

Egyptian rightsâ groups address UN high commissioner with recommendations
Report concerns various freedoms, demands legislative improvements according to international standards

Lawyers stand in solidarity with detained colleagues
Security apparatus monitor and intimidate lawyers, says Ashour

Free Egyptians endorse Doctors Syndicateâs stance against police brutality
Party set to launch dialogue with doctors, parliament, government to contain crisis

Doctors Syndicate to vote on general strike on 12 February
Amid national solidarity between doctors, syndicate leaders are interrogated by prosecution

Professional syndicates continue confrontation with Interior Ministry
Victims voice objections police abuses; relying on syndical support

Anger mounts in Doctors Syndicate over police brutality
Assaulted doctor reportedly drops charges âunder threatâ from Matariya police station

âCondomsâ video maker supported by human rightsâ defenders after colleague backs out
Reporter and actor slammed by local media in defence of police force

Holding perpetuators of torture abuse accountable difficult but not impossible
Unless prosecution authority seriously investigates incidents, nearly impossible to collect evidence, says human rights lawyer

Torture; a scar in the soul
Egyptâs smart in-detention torture system: permanent disabilities, little physical traces

Mahmoud Hussein continues to await detention renewal
Prison warden was fined over Husseinâs repeated court absence

Police officer appeals verdict in Shaimaa Al-Sabbaghâs murder case
Convicted officer was sentenced to 15 years, victimâs aunt says âthere should have been retributionâ

Family reports “forced disappearance” of youth
Sherif El-Afifi was arrested from his house in Nahia last Thursday, says sister

Mounting anger over police brutality reminiscent of 25 January
Even prisoners with special needs are not spared torture, according to NGO

Cases of abuse in custody are âindividual actsâ: Official
Funeral of âLuxor torture victimâ turns to protest at police brutality

Mahmoud Hussein nears 2 years in remand
âAnti-torture T-shirtâ detainee faces non-stop detention renewals

Shubra El-Kheimaâs abused lawyers seek justice, demand police reform
âFrustration among youth lawyers on the rise within syndicate,â says lawyer, who was shot by police

Verdict in policemenâs trial in torture killing case set for 10 December
Case marked by police bullying of eyewitnesses, says human rights lawyer

Court to hear lawyers’ claims again in SPAP members’ re-trial
Party lawyer hopes for second acquittal on protest charges in Al-Sabbagh case

Court hears major testimonies in Kareem Hamdy killing case
Hamdyâs 18-year co-defendant presented in court as main eyewitness to torture, amid civil rights lawyersâ conviction of threats to witness

Egyptâs students protest against education ministers
Demonstrations were held at the Press Syndicate one day after police attacked high school studentsâ rally, PhD and MBA holdersâ burn certificates at another protest against cabinet

Mahmoud Hussein: Youth without youth in Egyptâs cells
Pre-trial detention, the regime’s most repressive tool

9 police officers on trial for Gharbeya murder
Event dates back to 2013, when police shot a family while chasing wanted suspects

After conflict with police, lawyers face new crisis with judiciary following verdicts
âContinuous insults to lawyers, intransigent laws threaten citizenâs right to defence,â says prominent lawyer

Trial of 3 policemen adjourned to 5 October in torture case
Police allegedly beat Al-Kosbary to death, tortured eyewitness

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

Al-Dostour Party launches campaign on political detainees, torture, forced disappearances
âIronically, we keep holding on to presidency’s fake promises of release,â says politician

Trial of National Security officers accused of torturing lawyer to death cancelled
Protest charges dropped against lawyers supporting victim Kareem Hamdy

Final verdict for SPAP and witnesses to Al-Sabbagh killing 26 September
Defence optimistic and expectant of acquittals