It’s 10 am and the contours of Tora Prison, south of Cairo, are filling with families arriving on time to visit relatives. Old 504 Peugeots are offloading passengers, whose faces…
Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld a five-year sentence against Omar Farouk for killing 37 prisoners
Conflicting testimonies of police personnel involved in the death of 37 prisoners trapped in a police van in August 2013 indicate that…
The Interior Ministry refused to issue permits to the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) to inspect conditions in the notorious maximum…
Photojournalist Ahmed Gamal Zeyada and 12 others were acquitted on Sunday, in a case related to clashes at Al-Azhar university in 2013,…
A source in the public prosecutor's office told Mada Masr that the head of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Mohamed…
Security forces threatened to tear gas 34 detainees held at Ain Shams Police Station, coercing them into ending the hunger strike they…
«In prison I try to make up for my inactivity, my helplessness, by reading. Maybe I can get information or wisdom that would be of use…»
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