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Policemen in Sayeda Zeinab brutality case referred to criminal court
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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