Tag: human rights

Cruelty is not a human right

From 1 January to 18 August 2015, the Israeli police demolished 331…

Cesar Chelala

NCHR slams Brotherhood prisoners’ complaints on detention conditions

NCHR delegation says prisoners refused to meet during inspection of Al-Aqrab Prison

Amira El-Fekki

Mahmoud Hussein: Youth without youth in Egypt’s cells

Pre-trial detention, the regime's most repressive tool

Amira El-Fekki

9 police officers on trial for Gharbeya murder

Event dates back to 2013, when police shot a family while chasing…

Amira El-Fekki

NCHR discovers violations during visit to Damanhour prison

Sunday’s visit came as part of the council’s mission to follow-up on…

Nourhan Fahmy

Lawyer highlights situation of other detainees to survive his own imprisonment

Abdel Aziz Youssef facing protest charges, arrested from home last week

Amira El-Fekki

Arrested lawyer absent from police media report amid ‘forced disappearance’ claims

Colleagues supporting lawyer in Sharqeya blame syndicate’s “weaknesses in face of security…

Amira El-Fekki

Human rights group calls for release of detainees exceeding pre-trial detention limit

Article 143 of the Code of Criminal Procedures states that the period…

Nourhan Fahmy

New anti-terrorism law passed despite criticism

Controversial articles removed in theory, restrictions reinforced in practice, experts say

Amira El-Fekki

Shawkan’s fate unknown despite completion of legal term in detention

The fate of detained photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan,…

Amira El-Fekki