Latest in Tag: prison Highlight
Latest in Tag: prison
Life and death in Egyptian prisons
Detainees face harsh realities and life threatening health conditions
Campaign to free Peter Greste: âA pen is mightier than a swordâ
Australian blogger launches a campaign to send pens to Al-Mazraa prison, in solidarity with imprisoned journalist
Theatre performance depicts âstories of empty stomachsâ
Group of volunteer performers present true stories of detainees on hunger strike to protest against their âinhumane treatmentâ in prison
US Court accepts Egyptian nationalâs guilty plea for US embassy bombings
1998 bombings targeted two US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 people
My release is a âconspiracyâ: Alaa Abdel Fattah
Activist and family continue hunger strike
Minister warns of Brotherhood teams ready to kill and destroy
Statements follow reconciliation initiative proposed by a Brotherhood figure recently released from prison
Mourners chant âdown with military ruleâ during Seif El-Islamâs memorial
Renowned lawyerâs two children, who were allowed to attend the memorial, were taken back to prison afterwards
Egyptian businessman to request investigation into Dutch journalist
Businessman in the Netherlands working with Egyptian embassy to file a request to the Dutch authorities to investigate Rena Netjes over spreading âliesâ about Egypt
Mubarak awaits court ruling, due on 27 September
Mubarakâs interior minister Al-Adly described 25 January as a conspiracy and 30 June, a revolution
Military trial for civilians postponed to 28 August
Military court postpones trial for nine civilians accused of designing submarine with intention of attacking Suez Canal
Brotherhood leadersâ trial postponed again
The top MB figures, facing trial for violence outside the MBâs headquarters last year, will have to appear in court again later this month
Made in Prison
A dental student arrested during anti-coup protests at Al-Azhar University is making and selling handbags from prison
Mahienour El-Massryâs prison verdict reduced to 6 months
Lawyer and activist was primarily sentenced to two years in prison for violating the controversial Protest Law
Rights group calls for investigation into death of detainee
Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights calls for legislative reform to combat torture
2 to serve 1-year suspended sentence for sexual harassment
Accused were sentenced to another yearâs hard labour for attacking a police conscript immediately after the harassment of female victims
MOI rejects claims of violence at Wadi El-Natrun Prison
Interior ministry claims prisoner made international call to satellite channel spreading âliesâ
Morsi’s son sentenced for drug use
Abdullah Morsi and his friend were arrested earlier this year after they were found in a car, reportedly in possession of hashish
Egyptian prisons ‘like hotels’: Interior ministry official
Rights groups have announced documented cases of torture, violence and sexual assault; ministry denies any form of violent practices on prisoners
Another journalist sentenced to prison
Suez court gives Ahmed Rahman Shaheen three years
More sentenced in Mansoura âviolence and terrorismâ cases
Prison sentences vary from one year to life in prison
Sexual harasser sentenced to 1 year
Swift prison sentence for bus passenger who took a photo of a sleeping woman
Protest Law to be appealed before SCC
An NGO and a law centre had both filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the infamous law
EIPR releases damning report on health conditions in Egyptian prisons
Rights group finds living conditions, health care in prisons endanger detaineesâ lives
Letters from prison
A compilation of letters from detainees from the Al-Nadeem Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture sheds light on worsening conditions in Egyptian prisons
Board members of Doctors’ Syndicate attempt to visit Soltan
Police officers refused the members access to hunger striking detainee, despite deteriorating health
Mahienour El-Massry refuses âany kind of amnestyâ from the government
Labour activist and Protest Law detainee demands the abolishment of the law in letter from prison
Alaa Abdel Fattah, 24 others handed 15-year sentences
Accused sentenced in absentia for breaching Protest Law; Abdel Fattah and two other defendants arrested shortly afterwards
NGOs call for investigation into alleged violations in Wadi El-Natrun Prison
Detainees in two sectors of the prison have allegedly been assaulted last week
‘Down with the classist society’: Mahienour El-Massry
Activist calls on revolutionaries from prison to provide alternatives for oppressed
37 students receive suspended jail sentences for violating Protest Law
Students were arrested from a pro-Morsi rally in Mansoura