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Lawyers wary of Abou Zaabal vehicle verdict
Four policemen are accused of manslaughter regarding the death of 37 detainees; lawyers representing the victims say they did not testify in court during trial
EU human rights envoy denied access to prisoners
The EU Special Representative was turned away days after Ministry of Interior issued a statement welcoming prison visits from human rights representatives
21 Alexandrian girls “prisoners of conscience”: Amnesty
Human rights organisations condemn the 11-year verdict served to female Morsi supporters
Abo Za’abal officers’ trial begins
The officers are charged with murder of 37 prisoners
Four police officers charged with killing 37 detainees
Contradictory accounts of charges from Prosecutor’s Office and victims’ lawyers
Prisoners suffocated on gas, says new report
Forensic Medical Authority report supports interior ministry statements
Arrest warrants issued against two policemen for prisoner deaths
Three others placed under arrest in hospital pending investigation
Egypt police say 36 dead Islamist prisoners died from tear gas
“Thirty-six of the prisoners died of suffocation and crowding after tear gas was used to stop their escape,” the ministry said
Hamas contacts Egyptian intelligence
Hamas calls on the Egyptian intelligence to take steps to help Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike
United Arab Emirates pardons 35 Egyptians
The decision comes as part of the Gulf country’s Ramadan pardon
Trial referrals for UAE detainees imminent
Egyptian ambassador to the UAE visits detained Brotherhood members and says investigations will conclude soon
Protesters swarm North Sinai
Demands include more job opportunities and a better standard of living
Egypt taking a special interest in Palestinian prisoners
Ministry of Foreign Affairs paying close attention to Palestinian prisoners in Israel
48 Iranians freed by Syria rebels in prisoner swap
Syrian rebels on Wednesday freed 48 Iranians they had been holding for months in a swap for 2,130 prisoners
Chancellor calls for release of Al-Aqrab prisoners
Says they are treated inhumanely, demands their release before Eid El-Adha
Foreign prisoners demand release
Indefinite detention is inhumane say foreign prisoners convicted of drug offences
Morsy visits Sinai but not Rafah
Trials in absentia to be reconsidered and no death sentences signed
Palestinian prisoners still face solitary confinement in Israeli prisons
Israel continues solitary confinement of Palestinian prisoners as more attention is directed towards their plight
Dozens of Palestinians arrested in West Bank
Rights groups condemn West Bank authorities’ detainment of Palestinians
Palestinians show solidarity with fasting prisoners
Palestinians protesting in solidarity with four detainees
Eid pardons for Egyptian prisoners in Saudi
The names of the pardoned prisoners have not yet been released
Calls for releasing military detainees could be answered within the week
A new report recommending the release of more military detainees to be presented to Morsy on Sunday
Mubarak and other ‘ill and elderly’ prisoners may be released early
Media see it as a harbinger of an early release for the former president
Ambassador announces pardon of Egyptian prisoners in Saudi Arabian prisons
Thousands still in prison including Ahmed Al-Gizawy who remains to stand trial
Morsi vows to free Sheikh
Omar Abdel-Rahman has been in prison for over 15 years, Morsi vows to free him