Anas Mohamed El-Beltagy was a 19-year-old student at Ain Shams University preparing to take his semester exams when security forces...
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Ahmed Tohamy Abdel Hay has been an assistant professor of comparative politics at Alexandria University's Faculty of Economic Studies and...
Haitham Mohamedain is a labor activist and human rights lawyer who advocates for independent and worker-led trade unions. He has...
Khaled Dawoud is an Egyptian journalist and politician who works as the Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Al-Ahram Weekly and an adjunct...
The Egyptian government announced the release of 60 political prisoners today, including 18 workers labeled as terrorists for demanding improved...
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Egyptian authorities should immediately release Anas El-Beltagy and hold accountable all Egyptian officials involved in his prolonged arbitrary detention, torture,...
Photos of Ayman Hadhoud's body that were taken after his death in state custody and obtained by Democracy for the...
The forced disappearance and unexplained death of Ayman Hadhoud shows the near complete lack of accountability for Egyptian police and...
Judge Shabeeb al-Damarany currently sits on the Cairo Criminal Court. He served as Judge and Chair of the Third Terrorism...
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Major General Tarek Marzouk is the Assistant Minister of Interior for Prisons, commonly referred to as the Head of Prisons...
Prosecutor Yehia Omar Marwan. عربيProsecutor Yehia Omar Marwan participated in the Egyptian authorities' crushing of independent voices by throwing peaceful...
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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