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Egypt: Former minister supports opposition demands for reform

Former Information Minister, Dr. Kamal Abul Magd, expressed his support for constitutional amendments particularly article 76, which restrict the rights to run for presidency

Student from Gaza tells story of his torture by Egyptian officers

A Palestinian young man who used the name Talal as his pseudonym revealed shocking details of his detention in Egyptian jails and his exposure to severe torture at the hands

A Year Has Passed on His Forced Disappearance

The Association For Human Rights Legal Aid, AHRLA, and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, ANHRI, filed, today, the communiqué #14426 to the Public Prosecutor demanding an immediate inquiry

Alexandria court adjourns Khaled Saeed’s trial

A criminal court in Alexandria postponed the trial of Mahmoud Al-Falah and Awad Sayed the two informants accused of the killing of the 'emergency-law martyr' Khaled Saeed till September 25.

Police organize fake rally to promote sympathy

In an unusual incident highlighting the Interior Ministry's incapability to perform its assigned roles Egypt witnessed forces and officers dressed in plain clothes commending the police, security and Interior ministry's

Security violation knows no end

Security continued with the violence attacking Tamer El-Sayed Mohamed a witness in Saeed's trial who was expected to testify against the offending officers. Men threatened him forcing him to change

The Situation of Human Rights in Egypt 2009: Introduction, summary and recommendations

Issuing the 20th annual report of EOHR of 2009 comes in the light of a political environment not different from the previous years. Violations still committed against human rights. They

MB in Alexandria postpones Reform Conference for Khaled Saeed

The Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria has decided to postpone a conference by the National Association for Change (NAC), which was scheduled to be held following the Friday prayers since it

IHRC calls for MB leader Khayrat AlShater’s release

The Islamic human rights commission has recently published a letter written by the Muslim Brotherhood deputy chairman's daughter appealing for his release.

Mansoura activists hold protest in solidarity with police brutality’s newest victim

Activists and human rights members organized a protest in solidarity with Mohamed Salah who was tortured in police headquarters in front of the Mansoura International Hospital where he was kept