Tag: human rights

9 police officers on trial for Gharbeya murder

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

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NCHR discovers violations during visit to Damanhour prison

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

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Lawyer highlights situation of other detainees to survive his own imprisonment

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

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

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

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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…

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New anti-terrorism law passed despite criticism

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

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

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

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Photojournalist Shawkan completes 2 years in prison without charges

Demands to the government of his release, end of journalists’ persecution in…

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After conflict with police, lawyers face new crisis with judiciary following verdicts

“Continuous insults to lawyers, intransigent laws threaten citizen’s right to defence,” says…

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Egypt unhappy with relations between US officials and Brotherhood figures: EOHR

US concerned over status of human rights in Egypt, says deputy US…

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