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Aqrab Prison Strike Escalates: Political Prisoners Protest Medical Neglect, Visit Ban

Human rights researcher Osama Nassif said the tragedy of high-security Tura Prison (AKA Aqrab Prison) continues as 80% of detainees join a hunger strike, adding that prison administration is taking

Syria Muslim Brotherhood’s Shura Council Issues Sixth Session Statement

1. We are committed to a political solution in Syria based on national and international principles and the principles of the Syrian revolution, unity of Syrian society and the civil

Under Military Junta Rule: 56 Extrajudicial Killings, 74 Execution Sentences in 3 Months in Egypt

The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain (AOHR) issued a report documenting details of human rights violations in Egypt in the third quarter of 2017 – from July 1,

Egypt Pro-Democracy Alliance Continues Peaceful Protest with “October Army” Banner Week

Today, Egypt marks the anniversary of the October 6 (1973) war victory when Egyptians and their army proved their ability to achieve the impossible: despite incredible Israeli fortifications, they crossed

Rights Group: Security Forces in Egypt’s Zagazig University Arrest 84 Students

A human rights source in the Egyptian Coordinating Committee of Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) revealed that the coup regime’s security forces launched a mass arrest campaign in which 84 students

General Sisi Persecutes Detained Human Rights Defenders Amid Calls for their Release

In the military junta’s Egypt, brutal persecution and atrocities against human rights defenders is the way to muzzle them and to pressure organizations that expose and document daily violations by

Zagazig Political Prisoners’ Plea As Hunger Strike Continues in Protest Against Repression

 Detainees held by Egypt coup authorities at the notorious Zagazig Main Prison have sent out a plea and protest message against the torture they currently suffer behind bars. They complain

Ibrahim Mounir: Muslim Brotherhood Determined to End Coup

 Ibrahim Mounir, Muslim Brotherhood Vice-Chairman, said the group would not abandon its role rejecting the military coup in Egypt, until the full ouster of general Sisi’s repressive regime, even if

Rights Organization: In September Alone, 41 Egyptians Killed Outside the Law

 El-Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture issued a new rights report Sunday, entitled "September 2017 Bitter Harvest", in which it detailed 41 extrajudicial killings in Egypt

Egypt National Alliance Calls for Anti-Repression Protest Week

Mohamed Mahdi Akef, icon of the anti-oppression struggle, has departed our world, unwavering, resolute on the path of the truth. He departed, with his dignity lofty, his head high. Indeed,