torture
Policemen in Sayeda Zeinab brutality case referred to criminal court
Egypt
December 2, 2010
Policemen in Sayeda Zeinab brutality case referred to criminal court
Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud on Thursday approved the transfer of two police officers and two members of the secret…
Egyptian court orders Interior Minister to compensate torture victim
Egypt
November 28, 2010
Egyptian court orders Interior Minister to compensate torture victim
An Egyptian court on Saturday ordered the Minister of the Interior to pay compensation of up to LE100,000 to a…
Egyptian activists call for “Day of Anger” against torture
Egypt
November 25, 2010
Egyptian activists call for “Day of Anger” against torture
Egyptian activists have declared Friday a "Day of Anger," calling on supporters to raise an outcry against police-sponsored acts of…
Egypt must release journalist charged with drug possession, says rights group
Egypt
November 23, 2010
Egypt must release journalist charged with drug possession, says rights group
Egyptian authorities should immediately release Youssef Shaaban, a reporter for the online newspaper Al-Badil arrested on Friday while covering street…
Appeals Court upholds conviction of Alexandrian political activist
Egypt
October 17, 2010
Appeals Court upholds conviction of Alexandrian political activist
A misdemeanor appeal court today upheld an earlier verdict that convicted a political activist of assaulting and libeling a policeman,…
Court hears appeal from activist convicted of assault and slander
Egypt
October 10, 2010
Court hears appeal from activist convicted of assault and slander
Amid protests against police brutality and human rights violations, a misdemeanor court opened hearings Sunday for an appeal filed by…
Report highlights obstacles to human rights advocacy in Middle East, N. Africa
Egypt
September 19, 2010
Report highlights obstacles to human rights advocacy in Middle East, N. Africa
An international report focusing on the plight of pro-democracy and human rights activists and associations that are working under tough…
EOHR: Darfur refugees subject to ‘deplorable conditions’ by Egyptian police
Egypt
September 2, 2010
EOHR: Darfur refugees subject to ‘deplorable conditions’ by Egyptian police
The Cairo-based Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) on Thursday denounced the "deplorable treatment" of Darfurian refugees in Egypt at…
A tortuous problem
Opinion
August 5, 2010
A tortuous problem
The potential seems almost endless. More than two hundred thousand people have registered their support on the Facebook page “We…
Trial of police charged in Khaled Saeed case begins
Egypt
July 27, 2010
Trial of police charged in Khaled Saeed case begins
The two secret policemen charged in the case of a 28-year-old man who eyewitnesses say was beaten to death in…