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Latest in Tag: activists
More activists arrested ahead of 25 January anniversary
Detainees includes a worker, an NGO researcher, a Doctors’ Syndicate member, and an activist
In Pictures: Activists commemorate Mohamed Mahmoud clashes
The activists chanted for the dead protesters who were killed in the notorious 2011 clashes and demanded immediate release of political prisoners and journalists.
Pro-Esraa El-Taweel activist released pending investigations
Lawyer hopes charges are dropped, saying “there are no violations”
In Video: Activists protest Egypt’s UN vote for Israel
Video by Ahmed Hendawy and Asmaa Gamal Montage by Omar Qurashi
Activists protest Egypt’s UN vote for Israel
The demonstration was hosted by ‘The popular committee to support the Palestinian Intifada’, and was attended by several leftist activists who chanted against Israel and the Egyptian government.
Detention of Esraa El-Taweel extended as medical assessment denounced
Extension of imprisonment based on spurious green-light from doctor, say defence
Sons of former autocrat to walk free after expiry of their sentences in the “Presidential Palaces” case
Mubarak’s sons formerly charged with corruption
‘They deserve freedom’: Bread and Justice Party holds conference on detainees
Speakers roundly dismiss the significance of President Al-Sisi’s Ramadan pardons
Egyptian-Tunisian campaign launched to release detained ‘Arab Spring’ activists
Campaign aims to put internal attention on cases of detained activists in Egypt and Tunisia
48 prisoners released under Al-Sisi’s presidential pardon: Freedom for the Brave
Other trial cases and bureaucratic mistakes are preventing the release of a number of detainees, say human rights groups and lawyers
1,250 forced disappearances since beginning of year: NGO
Islamists and liberal activists targeted by security services, research claims
Egypt’s young activists face crackdown, repression: Amnesty International
“The country has reverted fully to being a police state,” rights group says
Detainee El-Taweel’s sister concerned over ‘inadequate’ healthcare conditions in prison
So far, we do not know why Esraa is detained, no clear charges against her, says defence lawyer
Court acquits TV presenter Ahmed Moussa from slander charges
Moussa appealed previously issued prison sentence
South Korean activists stand in solidarity with Egyptian detainees
Protests are part of a wider call for international action in solidarity with Egyptian detainees
Activists launch campaign to release ‘Rabaa Operations Room’ journalists
Fourteen journalists and other media workers, including Abdullah Al-Fakharany, were given life sentences in case’s verdict
68 protesters fined EGP 50,000 each in 25 January anniversary trial
Protesters acquitted of Protest Law crimes subject to imprisonment
Court to issue verdict for 68 protesters on 31 March
Defence pleads not guilty to protest and illegal public assembly charges
Court resumes trial for 68 protesters arrested on 25 January
One defendant among injured of the Revolution in 2011, can’t see, says party member and activist
Egypt’s International Women’s Day usually celebrated in marches demanding rights
2015’s new demands add up to old unachieved ones
Court adjourns trial of 68 defendants in revolution anniversary protests case
Judge said next session will continue to hear defence argument, asks for lawyers to settle disputes
In Pictures: Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah received 5-year sentence in Shura Council trial
The five-year prison sentence of prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah raised questions over the state’s stance towards the 25 January Revolution. On Monday, the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Abdel Fattah to five years in prison, in addition to an EGP 100,000 fine over assaulting the police and illegal protesting. Defendant Ahmed Abdel Rahman received the …
Where does the state stand on the 25 January Revolution?
Activist and revolutionary-icon Alaa Abdel Fattah received 5-year sentence in Shura Council trial
Court postpones Al Jazeera trial to 8 March
Defence lawyers make their claims in next court hearing
The ‘executions judge’ Nagy Shehata
Meet the man behind the Al Jazeera, Operations Room and Cabinet Clashes cases
Court sentences Mahienour El-Massry and others to 2 years
Case started in 2013 with clashes between activists and Muslim Brotherhood supporters
Activist Ahmed Douma handed life sentence
Douma defended himself and asked for an investigation into killings during cabinet clashes
Presidential pardon for jailed activists fails to materialise
All that came were statements, nothing in reality, says human rights lawyer
Supreme Court to judge constitutionality of Protest Law
A decision to be reached within a month, says lawyer
NGOs’ reports slam judicial, security and economic system of 2014
“Decisions that affect the entire populations are made in a legislative vacuum, without transparency and in the absence of accountability mechanisms,” says EIPR