Latest in Tag: prison Highlight
Latest in Tag: prison

Brotherhood prisoners start hunger strike in Mansoura jail
Inmates protesting lack of medical care after three deaths behind bars

Washington Post reporter’s 500 days in Iran prison marked by US reading event
Journalist Jason Rezaian has spent 500 days in an Iranian jail on charges including espionage. His brother has launched a petition at the UN for his release and the US Department of State has petitioned on his behalf. The National Press club in Washington, D.C., has honored imprisoned Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian by organizing …

Beladi Foundation members await trial in February
Case file remains blank after almost a year of postponements, says lawyer

Morsi to testify from prison cell in âPort Said prison clashesâ case
Court sentenced one defendant Sunday to five years in prison in the âPort Said massacreâ case

Appeal to be issued for Esraa El-Taweelâs release
Al-Taweelâs detention was renewed Monday for allegedly belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood

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

Prisoners suffer inhumane treatment in prison: El-Massry
Women sleep on top of each other one room, water is provided for four hours a day only

Internet freedom in Egypt under scrutiny
 The scope for criminalising activity on cyberspace has expanded, says AFTE lawyer

Campaign to free Alaa Abdel Fattah stirs social media
âThere is a spectrum of solidarity far wider than we think,â says Abdel Fattahâs sister

Interior ministry criticised as Esraa El-Taweel is denied healthcare
Doctors’ Syndicate calls on interior ministry to allow doctors visit for needed treatment

Detention of Esraa El-Taweel extended as medical assessment denounced
Extension of imprisonment based on spurious green-light from doctor, say defence

Exam leakers to be jailed
New law stipulates a prison sentence and a fine up to EGP 50,000 for anyone charged with leaking exam questions

Court extends âanti-torture t-shirtâ detaineeâs detention for 24th time
Prisons are cemeteries and we will continue the battle against arbitrary detention, says detaineeâs brother

218 prisoners pardoned to mark 6th of October War
The released are non-political detainees, all charged with debt issues

Defence witnesses recount details of Port Said prison clashes in court
Trial postponed to 5 October to continue hearing defence witnesses

Inmateâs death puts Tora Prison back in spotlight
âIt was his destiny, but negligence was a large factor in this,â says Emad Hassanâs wife

48 prisoners released under Al-Sisiâs presidential pardon: Freedom for the Brave
Other trial cases and bureaucratic mistakes are preventing the release of a number of detainees, say human rights groups and lawyers

‘I eulogise justice for you, my dear brother’
Tarek Titoâs letter to his detained brother Mahmoud Mohamed

Prison verdicts issued in mass trial for church arson attack
Almost 120 defendants charged with the burning of St Maryâs Church in Sohag

Another inmate dies in Egyptâs prisons
Diab died of a decline in blood flow, according to the interior ministry

Al Jazeera journalists return to jail in shock verdict
Journalists and students receive three years, two students acquitted

NCHR slams Brotherhood prisonersâ complaints on detention conditions
NCHR delegation says prisoners refused to meet during inspection of Al-Aqrab Prison

Christian arrested for distributing Bibles has detention renewed
Ishaq Medhat was arrested in 6th of October Cit,y and could face imprisonment if found guilty

NCHR discovers violations during visit to Damanhour prison
Sundayâs visit came as part of the councilâs mission to follow-up on detention facilities and the conditions of detainees

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

Photojournalist released after false charge of Brotherhood membership
Al-Youm Al-Sabaa to begin investigations with journalist who reported her colleague

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
US blocks release of hunger-striking Guantanamo detainee
The US Justice Department has argued against the release of a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay who has been on hunger strike for more than eight years. The detainee has been held at the base in Cuba since 2002. Lawyers for Yemeni prisoner Tariq Ba Odah had issued a request for their client’s immediate release on …

Photojournalist Shawkan completes 2 years in prison without charges
Demands to the government of his release, end of journalistsâ persecution in Egypt