Egypt
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
Egypt: family of detainee who alleged torture and sexual abuse in prison arrested
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
Egypt: nine people put to death in chilling Ramadan executions
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…Source — Amnistía internacional
Egypt: building Egypt’s expansive and oppressive prison system
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
Egypte : 16 personnes, dont au moins trois femmes, exécutés pour des faits de droit commun
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Egypt: abused and denied heath care, prisoners’ lives at risk
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
Egypt: collective punishment at prison
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
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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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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Egypt: le personnel de santé harcelé et emprisonné
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Egypt: ‘It would spread quickly in those cells’
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
Egypt: un agujero negro en tiempos del coronavirus
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Egypt: "Someone is sick guard", leaked audio
Inmates are kept in overcrowded, dirty cells without ventilation and are given insufficient food.Source — Middle East Monitor
Egypt: mauvais traitements, les autorités tentent de convaincre les journalistes (en vain ?)
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Egypt: "credible evidence" that "brutal" prison conditions prompted Morsi’s death, thousands more at risk
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
Egypt: urgent investigation needed after death in notorious Al-Aqrab prison
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
Egypt: el agujero negro de la cárcel de Al Aqrab
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Egypt: mass hunger strike at Al-Aqrab prison over denial of family visits and dire conditions
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
Egypt: mass hunger strike in prison
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
Egypt: when doctors don't help: "medical negligence" in prison
Deliberately withholding medical treatment in Egyptian prisons and elsewhere amounts to torture, according to experts.Source — Al Jazeera
Egypt: detainees trapped in ‘revolving doors’ of prison system as authorities bypass release orders
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
Egypt: ‘Hospitals are for the dying’, medical negligence inside Egyptian prisons
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
Un avocat égyptien jeté en prison pour un gilet jaune
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Egypt: une femme en prison pour avoir dénoncé le harcèlement sexuel
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — France Info
