Latest in Tag: torture Highlight
Latest in Tag: torture

Sudanese national tortured in Egypt
Egyptian Foreign Ministry denied any discrimination directed towards Sudanese in Egypt

Interior ministry claims of Brotherhood âsewage cellâ come under fire
Activists claim 10 of the 17 Brotherhood members reportedly arrested in Alexandria had already disappeared long before the floods

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By Omar Kamel

Rights groups to launch week-long campaign in solidarity with forcibly disappeared individuals
The campaign called for the immediate disclosure of detention locations

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

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

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

Interior Ministry to investigate video of policemen assaulting 2 women
Videos of âpolice brutalityâ are usually circulated on social media, receive exposure and outrage, before being looked into by officials after media pressure

Military trial of disappeared individuals begins
15 individuals appeared in a Ministry of Defence video confessing to membership of a terrorist cell

Court rejects T-shirt detainee Mahmoud Husseinâs appeal on detention
âUntil when is his punishment going to continue?â asks detaineeâs brother

No torture in Egypt, no Scorpion prison: Ministry spokesperson
Comments follow uncritical report by NCHR to Tora Prison

Witnesses absent from âKareem Hamdyâ trial session
Judge fined absent witnesses, who included former head officer of the Matariya police station and the forensic doctor

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

Second prisoner dies in Fayoum police station in 3 days
Death marks the second to occur in the same police station since last Saturday

Detainee dies in Fayoum police station
Family suspect torture, officials say Hamedâs health deteriorated in detention

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

Arrested lawyer absent from police media report amid âforced disappearanceâ claims
Colleagues supporting lawyer in Sharqeya blame syndicateâs âweaknesses in face of security stateâ

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

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

Kareem Hamdy case postponed as police âunableâ to secure court
Ministry of Interior told court they are busy with âSuez Canal preparationsâ

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

Local rights group put detaineeâs condition under spotlight
Halim has developed epileptic fits due to electrocution, says ECRF

Witness in torture case beaten into unconsciousness in Rashid
Police officer who assaulted witness was accused in torture case, says lawyer
Terrorism empowers ‘military dictatorship’: Political opposition
Latest incidents put opposition in division crisis, says Revolutionary Socialists group

Al-Sisi pardons more prisoners ahead of 23 July anniversary
The presidency issued a law allowing for the release of certain prisoners for the national holiday

Detention for âtorture t-shirtâ student to reach 580 days
Teenager Mahmoud Hussein was allegedly beaten and electrocuted into saying he possessed explosives, belongs to Muslim Brotherhood

Ministry of Defence releases video of disappeared individuals
Relatives of disappeared claim individuals have been tortured during disappearances
Activist released after being reportedly detained at airport, forcibly disappeared
âWe are concerned, as innocent people get killed and their bodies thrown in the desert,â says rights group