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Egypt Anti-Coup Alliance Hails Patriotic People, Vows Retribution for Revolution Martyrs

Pro-democracy coalition of groups and politicians opposed to the repressive coup regime praises anti-coup turn-out Friday and pledges to exact prompt and fair retribution from murderers of protesters.

President Morsi Support Campaign: Leaks Reveal Military Coup and Junta Truth, Injustice

Military junta must reverse its illegitimate coup in Egypt and let this homeland's army get back to its sacred duty of protecting the borders, especially after the recent scandalous leaks

Revolutionary Women Coalition Rejects Death Sentence Against 188 Political Detainees

Egypt's revolutionary women coalition denounces injustice dealt today against innocent supporters of democratic legitimacy.

Press Release: Muslim Brotherhood Urges Egyptian Revolutionary Unity

A press release from Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls on all patriotic people and groups to close ranks and unite to complete the January 25 (2011) Revolution with no delay, nor

Detained Minor’s Health Deteriorates After 12 Days of Abuse Protest Hunger-Strike

Thirteen-year-old boy, detained by military coup forces in Egypt for alleged 'membership of a banned group', loses consciousness after 12 days of hunger strike in protest of ill-treatment and abuse

Egypt Jails Mean Slow Death for Political Detainees

Islamists, leftists and all opposition face unjustified inhuman neglect and squalor that kill dozens every year across Egypt.

Rights Organizations Condemn Coup Repression, Arrest of 21 Girls in Alexandria

November 4, 2013: The Egyptian Initiative and The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression criticize the putschists’ repressive practices as 'not at all different from the oppression of the

Pro-Democracy Detainees Poisoned in Prison, Handcuffed in Hospital, Begin Hunger Strike

Amid the deafening silence of human rights institutions and activists in Egypt, opponents of the coup detained in Gharbiya Governorate (west of Cairo) suffer intolerable health conditions and violations to

Supreme Council for Human Rights to Rectify Old Regime’s Mistakes

The Arab-European Centre for Human Rights and International Law in Oslo called on the Supreme Council of Armed Forces to grant amnesty to all political detainees.

PRESS RELEASE: Egypt – IHRC welcomes the imminent release of Khairat Al-Shater

IHRC is delighted to hear about the imminent release of Khairat Al-Shater, Deputy Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, after serving 4 years of a 7 year sentence. His release was