In the past two months, at least five people died in police custody after being arrested on politically related charges. Four of the detainees belonged to the conservative Jama’a al-Islamiya…
Researcher Ahmed Santawy and journalist Hisham Fouad joined the hunger strike on Wednesday
Relocation often entails additional transportation costs for family members who wish to visit
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered the release of 100 prisoners on Wednesday, but seven of them are still incarcerated due to bureaucratic…
Prison security chief, Mohamed Ali Hussein, has claimed there are no hunger strikers in Egyptian jails, Aswat Masriya reported on Monday. “All…
In a statement released Thursday, the National Council of Human Rights (NCHR) denied allegations of torture and rape of political detainees inside…
A governmental committee plans to look into allegations of human rights violations committed against female detainees, reported on Thursday the state-owned news…
«If – or rather, when – the virus gets into prisons, it will be nearly impossible to contain it.»
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