Banning letters is a form of punishment and pressure that authorities deploy against prisoners
Prosecutors renewed Karim’s remand detention for 45 days on Saturday.
“Prison doesn’t kill, loneliness does. I need your support so I don’t die.”
“Right now we’re looking at a black hole that is swallowing the entire prison system.”
Released prisoners recount assault, 'inhumane' conditions
The activist and writer has been in prison for the majority of the past nine years
The lawyers have repeatedly complained about the prosecution's refusal to keep them informed
The only official body to acknowledge the hunger strike was the National Council for Human Rights
The prison’s administration has refused to acknowledge Abd El Fattah’s hunger strike.
Abd El Fattah's sister highlighted that his family has repeatedly complained of mistreatment.
«We have much more from Alaa than his absent condition and possible disappearance to grapple with»
«The story is not about prisoners’ health, but the health of the nation.»
«If – or rather, when – the virus gets into prisons, it will be nearly impossible to contain it.»
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