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Egypt (438)

Sep 30 2017 11:29am

Egypt: six men face abusive anal examinations in homophobic crackdown following rainbow flag incident

'Forced anal examinations are abhorrent and amount to torture' - Najia...

Sep 29 2017 3:59pm

Urgent Action Update: Human Rights lawyer detained in dire conditions in Egypt

Sep 29 2017 3:44pm

Urgent Action: Egyptian Human Rights lawyer must be released

Sep 25 2017 6:29pm

Egypt: former presidential candidate given jail term in 'politically-motivated' conviction

Lawyer Khalid Ali, leading rival to President Sisi, given jail term in...

Sep 18 2017 4:09pm

Egypt: acquittal of Irishman Ibrahim Halawa welcomed, but hundreds convicted in mass trial

442 convicted after ‘sham’ proceedings, with sentences ranging from fi...

Sep 11 2017 2:24pm

Urgent Action: Couple in Egypt held in solitary confinement for 66 days

Sep 5 2017 5:24pm

Egyptian authorities' blocking of NGO website condemned

Authorities have blocked 424 websites since May in ‘wave of digital ce...

Aug 15 2017 2:10pm

Taking 1,460 selfies in protest

“It’s almost certainly the first time the Egyptian Embassy has been ...

Aug 14 2017 4:24pm

Urgent Action update: Shawkan still detained after four years in Egypt

Aug 10 2017 3:49pm

Activists to take 1,460 selfies outside Egyptian Embassy in London to highlight plight of jailed photojournalist

One selfie for each day that photographer ‘Shawkan’ has spent in jail ...