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Egypt releases student after two years in jail, torture

The Egyptian blog Mahalla to Cairo reported on Sunday that a student who had been held for more than two years by Egyptian security forces had been set free on

Parliament rejects harsher penalties for torture

Muslim Brotherhood MP Hussein Ibrahim had earlier proposed the amendment of Article 126 of the Egyptian Penal Code, which slaps "anyone found torturing a suspect" with between three and ten

Egypt: Former Security leaders condemn the arrests of MB members

Former leaders from the Egyptian Ministry of Interior condemned the latest arrest campaign against a number of MB leaders on February 8

Human rights coverage spreads, despite government pushback

The media in the Middle East loved the Intifada. Every detail of Israel’s violations of human rights in the late 1980s in the West Bank and Gaza appeared in the

MI5 chief hits back amid torture cover-up row

British spy chief says UK agencies do not torture nor 'encourage others to torture on our behalf'.

Iran: Crackdown’s Torrent of Abuses

The scope of the Iranian government’s crackdown on dissent since the disputed June 2009 elections is even broader and the abuses more flagrant than previously reported, Human Rights Watch said

Heart attack, ill health and still Egypt keeps MB leaders detained.

The latest sweep against the MB leaders has harvested much disdain and contempt by numerous activist and human rights members.

Upholding the Imprisonment Sentence of Blogger Wael Abbas, Six Months In Jail

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information demanded the Egyptian government to discontinue persecuting Abbas and to stop devising methods to inhibit him from exposing the Egyptian government scandals. ANHRI

Egypt: Arbitrary arrests continue in Egypt – 10 new cases from Kafr Al-Sheikh

The Egyptian Security forces continue to suppress any opposition towards the government - often affiliating the detainees to banned organizations or terrorists groups as a pretext for arrest

Egypt: Women fall victim to the unending cycle of arrests and torture.

The cycle of human rights violations and torture continues in Egypt 's detention centers this time with the arrest of 4 women on October 28, 2009 from the same family.