"A judge is not obligated to provide reasons for recusing himself"
The Cairo Criminal Court is due to issue its verdict in the Shura Council case at the Torah Police Academy on Monday, determining the fate of 21 political activists. The…
Since his release on bail in March, Alaa Abd El Fattah has been putting things in order before his inevitable return to jail. He’s had too many brushes with the…
Five legal issues in the case of the Shura Council protest have emerged throughout the development of the case since November 2013 and which have been flagged by the defendants’…
Activist Mohamed Adel was detained for 15 days by Daqahlia prosecution on Tuesday
Egypt’s Court of Cassation amended the activist's penalty to be served in a light-security prison
#FreeSmeda, a parody of the #FreeAlaa hashtag campaigning for the release of jailed activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, became one of the…
Minutes after midnight on Monday, social media users changed their profile pictures to activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, who today marks one…
Prosecution has released prominent activist Rasha Azab and Journalists Syndicate board member Khaled al-Balshy on Tuesday pending further investigations, after accusing them…
A number of Egyptian human rights organizations issued a joint statement “expressing grave concern” over Monday’s verdict in the "Shura Council" case. Cairo…
«While Alaa Abd El Fattah stands trial for breaking the protest law, we publish his latest article, written in Tora prison on March 9. At the…»
«It is difficult to write about a friend like Alaa at a time like this. Difficult to write something that stands apart from the sea of…»
«Lots of comparisons are being made between the current mood and goings on in Egypt, and the country as it was before the revolution. Everything is…»
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