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May 18, 2021

Egypt: family of detainee who alleged torture and sexual abuse in prison arrested

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Egyptian authorities arrested the parents and sibling of a political detainee who alleged he was tortured and sexually abused in prison, according to his brother. On 19 April, Abdelrahman’s mother shared the letter sent by her son which detailed the sexual assault and torture allegations. Abdelrahman…

Source — Middle East Eye

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April 28, 2021

Egypt: nine people put to death in chilling Ramadan executions

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Responding to the news that the Egyptian authorities executed nine people today, including an 82-year-old man, after a grossly unfair trial, in relation to the killing of 13 police officers during an attack on Kerdasa police station in August 2013, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa…

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April 15, 2021

Egypt: building Egypt’s expansive and oppressive prison system

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The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said in a report, that the massive expansion of prison construction in Egypt – as the number of prisons established since the January 2011 Revolution has reached 35 – hasn’t contributed to improving the prisoners’ conditions. This is because the…

Source — IFEX

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March 31, 2021

Egypte : 16 personnes, dont au moins trois femmes, exécutés pour des faits de droit commun

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January 26, 2021

Egypt: abused and denied heath care, prisoners’ lives at risk

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Prison officials in Egypt are subjecting prisoners of conscience and others held for political reasons to torture, cruel and inhuman conditions of detention and are deliberately denying them health care to punish dissent. The report, “What do I care if you die?” Negligence and denial of health care in…

Source — Amnesty International

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December 22, 2020

Egypt: collective punishment at prison

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A human rights watchdog Thursday accused Egyptian authorities of making modifications to a notorious Cairo prison that amount to “collective punishment” of inmates following an escape attempt that left four policemen dead. Egyptian security agencies last month had construction workers make changes inside…

Source — Associated Press

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December 14, 2020

Egipto: estremecedor aumento de las ejecuciones revela profunda crisis de derechos humanos

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December 4, 2020

Egypte : Amnesty dénonce une "frénésie d’exécutions" avec 57 mises à mort depuis octobre

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October 27, 2020

Egypt: 49 executions in 10 days

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Egyptian authorities executed 15 men convicted for alleged involvement in three cases of political violence as well as 2 women and 32 men convicted in criminal cases between October 3 and 13, 2020, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately halt executions, and re-try those sentenced…

Source — Human Rights watch

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October 23, 2020

Egipto: cientos de legisladores y legisladoras de la UE y EE. UU. instan al presidente Abdel Fattah al Sisi a que excarcele a presos y presas de conciencia en Egipto

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July 27, 2020

Egypt: le personnel de santé harcelé et emprisonné

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July 2, 2020

Egypt: ‘It would spread quickly in those cells’

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Fears are mounting over the safety of prisoners in Egypt’s notorious Tora prison, as rights groups say parts of the complex have been cordoned off to quarantine those diagnosed with coronavirus. Families of those held inside the huge compound south of Cairo, which houses at least eight individual prisons,…

Source — The Guardian

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April 23, 2020

Egypt: un agujero negro en tiempos del coronavirus

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February 5, 2020

Egypt: "Someone is sick guard", leaked audio

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Inmates are kept in overcrowded, dirty cells without ventilation and are given insufficient food.

Source — Middle East Monitor

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November 12, 2019

Egypt: mauvais traitements, les autorités tentent de convaincre les journalistes (en vain ?)

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November 8, 2019

Egypt: "credible evidence" that "brutal" prison conditions prompted Morsi’s death, thousands more at risk

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A group of independent UN human rights experts said on Friday that there was “credible evidence” that inadequate prison conditions in which former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was held may have led “directly” to his death in June, and thousands of other detainees may be at “severe risk”.

Source — UN News

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August 23, 2019

Egypt: urgent investigation needed after death in notorious Al-Aqrab prison

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Egyptian authorities must urgently carry out an independent and impartial investigation into the death of Hossam Hamed, a 30-year-old prisoner being held at al-Aqrab prison, amid allegations that he was tortured.

Source — Amnesty

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August 6, 2019

Egypt: el agujero negro de la cárcel de Al Aqrab

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July 31, 2019

Egypt: mass hunger strike at Al-Aqrab prison over denial of family visits and dire conditions

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The Egyptian authorities must immediately end cruel and inhumane detention conditions and allow regular family visits at al-Aqrab maximum security prison in Tora where approximately 130 detainees have gone on a mass hunger strike for more than six weeks, said Amnesty International today.

Source — Amnesty International

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July 31, 2019

Egypt: mass hunger strike in prison

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About 130 inmates have been on hunger strike in an Egyptian prison for more than six weeks in protest at inhumane conditions and denial of family visits, according to Amnesty International.

Source — El Mundo

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July 10, 2019

Egypt: when doctors don't help: "medical negligence" in prison

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Deliberately withholding medical treatment in Egyptian prisons and elsewhere amounts to torture, according to experts.

Source — Al Jazeera

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July 10, 2019

Egypt: detainees trapped in ‘revolving doors’ of prison system as authorities bypass release orders

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The Egyptian authorities’ growing trend of re-imprisoning people who have been arbitrarily detained, instead of complying with court orders to release them is an alarming signal of how decayed the country’s justice system has become, said Amnesty International.

Source — Amnesty

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June 30, 2019

Egypt: ‘Hospitals are for the dying’, medical negligence inside Egyptian prisons

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Inside his prison cell, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh’s health has severely deteriorated. The issue is not a new one. For years, local and international rights groups have repeatedly warned that conditions in Egypt’s prisons — especially access to health care — fell far below acceptable standards.

Source — MADA MASR

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February 18, 2019

Un avocat égyptien jeté en prison pour un gilet jaune

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