New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) lashed out at the Egyptian government at a press conference Sunday at Cairo’s Journalists Syndicate,

Egyptian prisons are notorious for their bad conditions of detention, the widespread practice of torture and the arbitrary nature of the detention of many of their inmates.

Human rights in Egypt continue to call on the authorities to absolutely prohibit the use of torture, without exception and without "special permits", and to pass legislation specifically outlawing and

The government's respect for human rights continues to remain poor, where serious abuses are constantly practiced in many areas in Egypt and with the blessings of the ruling regime and

Dr Islam Sobhy Al Mazeny, an Egyptian doctor and poet, was arrested on 7 April 2007 by the Egyptian State Security Intelligence (SSI) as he was organizing his departure to

On 13 December 2009, the Egyptian State Security Intelligence (SSI) raided the houses and arrested Mohamed Omar Mohamed Omar,

The annual report by Reporters Without Borders has ranked Egypt very low among 175 countries in the area of media and press freedom in 2009

Dr Hamdy Zahran of the Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc submitted a request for information to the Chairman of the people's assembly and Interior Minister Habib Aladly with regards to the

The Guardian newspaper accused the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Palestinian Security officers of torturing members of Hamas in the West Bank.

The Egyptian authorities continue to forcibly arrest anyone who challenges the regime.