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Mar 18 2019 2:10pm
Urgent Action update: Held incommunicado despite release order
On 19 February 2019, a judge ordered the conditional release of Egypti...
Mar 7 2019 4:36pm
Egyptian photojournalist Shawkan released
Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, has fina...
Mar 7 2019 4:07pm
Egypt: trans woman forcibly disappeared at 'risk of sexual violence'
Torture concerns over Malak al-Kashef, apprehended by authorities afte...
Mar 5 2019 2:25pm
Urgent Action: Jailed musician faces trumped-up charges
On 5 May 2018, Egyptian authorities arrested 33-year-old musician Rami...
Feb 20 2019 4:35pm
Egypt: Execution of nine men shows 'absolute disregard for the right to life'
Responding to the news that Egyptian authorities have today executed n...
Feb 20 2019 2:36pm
Urgent Action update: Pre-trial detention for human rights defender
On 9 February, a judge ordered the pre-trial detention of human rights...
Feb 19 2019 5:57pm
Egypt: nine men at risk of imminent execution after unfair trial
They were sentenced to death for the killing of the former public pros...
Feb 15 2019 12:21pm
Egypt: 'Cruel' denial of family visits to detainees must end
Egyptian authorities are flagrantly violating international law by den...
Feb 13 2019 5:05pm
Egypt: 'Alarming escalation' in executions as six people killed in just two weeks
Egyptian authorities today hanged three prisoners convicted of killing...
Feb 5 2019 4:04pm
Urgent Action update: Arbitrarily detained Egyptian on hunger strike
On 25 January, Islam Khalil and four other prisoners began a hunger st...