Egypt

UNJUST PROSECUTIONS

Anas El-Beltagy: 19-Year-Old Student Denied Fair Trial, Remains Unjustly Imprisoned after Four Separate Acquittals Eight Years Later

June 20, 2022

Anas Mohamed El-Beltagy was a 19-year-old student at Ain Shams University preparing to take his semester exams when security forces...

Academic Freedom Under Fire: Egyptian Government Jails Ahmed Tohamy

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June 3, 2021

Ahmed Tohamy Abdel Hay has been an assistant professor of comparative politics at Alexandria University's Faculty of Economic Studies and...

"We want to create a new life": A Labor Rights Activist Struggles for Justice

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December 3, 2020

Haitham Mohamedain is a labor activist and human rights lawyer who advocates for independent and worker-led trade unions. He has...

Held in a "Choking Space": Egyptian Government Jails Journalist Khaled Dawoud

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November 10, 2020

Khaled Dawoud is an Egyptian journalist and politician who works as the Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Al-Ahram Weekly and an adjunct...

NEWS & ANALYSIS

UNITED STATES - JULY 21: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Md., talks with aide Nadeam Elshami, upon arriving in the Capitol Visitor Center for her weekly news conference where she criticized Republicans for their lack of job creating legislation and also discussed the ongoing debt ceiling talks. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call)

Advocacy

U.S. Congress: Don't Meet with Nadeam Elshami – or Any Other Lobbyist Representing Abusive Middle East Governments

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October 11, 2022

Elshami and BHFS Contribute to Human Rights Abuses in Egypt by Advocating for Military Support to Country's Dictatorship

A picture taken during a guided tour organised by Egypt's State Information Service on February 11, 2020,shows a partial view of the Tora prison on the southern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt: Sisi Government Releases 60 Political Prisoners, Tens of Thousands Remain Imprisoned

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July 7, 2022

The Egyptian government announced the release of 60 political prisoners today, including 18 workers labeled as terrorists for demanding improved...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi reviews an honour guard of troops prior to a meeting with with French Defence Minister Florence Parly at The Defence Ministry in Paris on October 23, 2017. - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is starting a three-day visit to France, during which human rights, along with economic and military cooperation are expected to be discussed. (Photo by Thibault Camus / POOL / AFP) (Photo by THIBAULT CAMUS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt: Release Anas El-Beltagy, Arbitrarily Detained at 19, Remains Unjustly Imprisoned More than Eight Years Later

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June 20, 2022

Egyptian authorities should immediately release Anas El-Beltagy and hold accountable all Egyptian officials involved in his prolonged arbitrary detention, torture,...

Egypt: Newly Obtained Photos of Ayman Hadhoud's Body Strongly Suggest Torture

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April 27, 2022

Photos of Ayman Hadhoud's body that were taken after his death in state custody and obtained by Democracy for the...

CULPRITS

Culprits

Egypt: Judge Shabeeb al-Damarany Enforces Arbitrary Detentions, Indiscriminate Sentences

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June 7, 2022

Judge Shabeeb al-Damarany currently sits on the Cairo Criminal Court. He served as Judge and Chair of the Third Terrorism...

Egypt: Tarek Marzouk Responsible for Systematic and Widespread Torture, Inhumane Conditions in Egyptian Prisons

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February 14, 2022

Major General Tarek Marzouk is the Assistant Minister of Interior for Prisons, commonly referred to as the Head of Prisons...

Egypt: Prosecutor Yehia Marwan Charges Peaceful Justice Activist with Terrorism

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August 24, 2021

Prosecutor Yehia Omar Marwan. عربيProsecutor Yehia Omar Marwan participated in the Egyptian authorities' crushing of independent voices by throwing peaceful...

Egypt: Judge Rafaat Hussein Jails Journalists for "Terrorism"

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June 8, 2021

Judge Rafaat Zaki Mahmoud Hussein participated in the Egyptian authorities' crushing of independent voices by keeping a wife-and-husband team of...

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Egypt

UNJUST PROSECUTIONS

Anas El-Beltagy: 19-Year-Old Student Denied Fair Trial, Remains Unjustly Imprisoned after Four Separate Acquittals Eight Years Later

Academic Freedom Under Fire: Egyptian Government Jails Ahmed Tohamy

"We want to create a new life": A Labor Rights Activist Struggles for Justice

Held in a "Choking Space": Egyptian Government Jails Journalist Khaled Dawoud

NEWS & ANALYSIS

U.S. Congress: Don't Meet with Nadeam Elshami – or Any Other Lobbyist Representing Abusive Middle East Governments

Egypt: Sisi Government Releases 60 Political Prisoners, Tens of Thousands Remain Imprisoned

Egypt: Release Anas El-Beltagy, Arbitrarily Detained at 19, Remains Unjustly Imprisoned More than Eight Years Later

Egypt: Newly Obtained Photos of Ayman Hadhoud's Body Strongly Suggest Torture

CULPRITS

Egypt: Judge Shabeeb al-Damarany Enforces Arbitrary Detentions, Indiscriminate Sentences

Egypt: Tarek Marzouk Responsible for Systematic and Widespread Torture, Inhumane Conditions in Egyptian Prisons

Egypt: Prosecutor Yehia Marwan Charges Peaceful Justice Activist with Terrorism

Egypt: Judge Rafaat Hussein Jails Journalists for "Terrorism"

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