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Mohamed al-Beltagy launched an open-ended hunger strike in Badr 3 prison, slamming years of isolation, medical neglect, and systematic abuse of incarcerated people.
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Ahmed Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, whose father is also in prison, faces up to 10 years behind bars after being arrested in New Cairo.
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A 29-year-old man committed suicide in his cell at Badr 3 Prison, located east of Cairo, the Shehab Centre for Human Rights said. The rights group added that the suicide took place after a series of violations carried out by the prison’s administration against the man, identified as Alaa Jamal.
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The horrific Sednaya Prison in Syria has thrown the spotlight on the reality of Egypt’s prisons, the files of those forgotten behind bars, and the fate of the victims of torture and forced disappearance during the rule of current Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.
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Six detainees have died in one week at a detention centre in the al-Sharqia governorate in Egypt, the Egyptian Network for Human Rights (ENHR) has reported. Egyptian rights group says detainees suffered from “suffocation” due to overcrowding and poor ventilation.
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High walls, mobile prison, overcrowded rooms, and no regard for one’s bodily autonomy: this is what many women and girls deal with in Egypt’s prisons, only for being human rights activists, journalists, or political opponents to the regime.
Over the past seven years, Egypt’s prisons, especially the…
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The new prison of Badr which Egypt touted as a model for reform denies inmates healthcare
Égypte : Amnesty dénonce les conditions de détention dans les nouvelles prisons du pays
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Egypte : 16 personnes, dont au moins trois femmes, exécutés pour des faits de droit commun
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Amnesty International said in a new damning report today highlighting how prison authorities’ callousness has led or contributed to deaths in custody and irreparable harm to prisoners’ health.
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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…
Egipto: estremecedor aumento de las ejecuciones revela profunda crisis de derechos humanos
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Egypte : Amnesty dénonce une "frénésie d’exécutions" avec 57 mises à mort depuis octobre
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Mass executions follow suspicious prison killings