Laila Soueif is 139 days into her hunger strike, unwavering in her demand for Alaa's release.
A few weeks after being released from prison, Islam Khalil looks back at his detention conditions.
Photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid — popularly known as Shawkan — is going on a hunger strike to protest surpassing his maximum pretrial detention period of two years, the Free Shawkan…
This conversation is part of issue 1 of Status Hour, an emerging collaborative monthly audio journal from the Arab World and beyond. The night before his last detention on October 21,…
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi instructed “relevant authorities” on Tuesday to look into the national rights council’s petition for amnesty to be granted…
Sanaa Seif stressed in her statement that Abd El Fattah is still committed to the partial hunger str
Mona Seif, sister of detained activist and writer Alaa Abd El Fattah, issued a plea on Friday in which she expressed fear…
A group of politicians, party representatives and public figures have called on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to release detained activist, writer and…
The activist and writer has been in prison for the majority of the past nine years
The only official body to acknowledge the hunger strike was the National Council for Human Rights
«“Yummaaaa yummmmaaa,” a released prisoner screamed while in the embrace of her mother. Another young boy was proudly hoisted onto his friends’ shoulders as he smiled…»
«We have a steep fight ahead of us, Alaa, for your life, for our lives»
«We have much more from Alaa than his absent condition and possible disappearance to grapple with»
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