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Dec 1 2020 11:59pm
Egypt: 'horrifying execution spree', with at least 57 killed in past two months
Number executed more than double for whole of 2019 Arrest of Egypti...
Nov 24 2020 2:34pm
Egypt: Gasser Abdel-Razek subjected to cruel treatment in jail
EIPR Director held in cold cell in solitary, denied warm clothing and ...
Nov 20 2020 5:09pm
Egypt: authorities must release activists detained in 'unprecedented' crackdown
(L-R: Mohamed Basheer, Gasser Abdel-Razek and Karim Ennarah; credi...
Oct 2 2020 12:54pm
Egypt: security forces crackdown on protesters with teargas, birdshot and live ammunition
Protesters demanding economic and social rights met by deadly force an...
Aug 13 2020 11:54am
Egypt: 'Chilling' crackdown on female TikTok users must end
The Egyptian authorities must immediately end their crackdown on women...
Jun 23 2020 8:41pm
Egypt: Human rights activist arrested outside public prosecutor's office
Egyptian human rights activist Sanaa Seif was detained today outside t...
Jun 18 2020 11:06am
Egypt: medics arrested for speaking out over COVID-19 failings
Six doctors and two pharmacists arrested, and medics transferred to qu...
May 7 2020 6:26pm
Egypt: 1,600 people held without trial have detentions extended despite COVID-19 fears
‘Terrorism circuit’ judges make mass decisions without defendants pres...
Apr 8 2020 4:39pm
Urgent Action outcome: Musician released on probation
On 13 May 2019, 33-year-old musician Rami Sidky was released on probat...
Mar 20 2020 6:30pm
Egypt: Call for release of at-risk prisoners amid coronavirus crisis
Prisoners already held in inhumane conditions in overcrowded jails ...