Prosecution recommended his jail term reduction to 3 years.. Session to look into Badr Mohamed Abdullah’s appeal in the “Al-Fath Mosque events” case adjourned to December 22nd
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Court adjourns consideration of ALCN workers’ request to dissolve their union committee
The Fifth Circuit of the West Alexandria Court decided to postpone the consideration of a lawsuit filed by 13 workers at Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Co (ALCN) demanding the dissolution of their union committee.
Egypt: Forcibly disappeared for 2000 days, student Ahmed Hassan Mustafa’s fate must be disclosed
The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned over the continued disappearance of student Ahmed Hassan Mustafa, for more than 2000 days to date.
Contempt of justice: Court refuses to unfreeze assets of human rights activists, including EIPR’s executive director, despite the case being dropped
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemns the decision of the Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court at the Badr Courts complex to deny a petition to unfreeze the assets of EIPR’s executive director, Hossam Bahgat and other human rights activists.
Infographic | Death Penalties in Egypt during July 2024
During the month of July, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 36 defendants in 20 cases. Among them, 2 were issued final verdicts that could not be appealed. Additionally, 14 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 9 other cases.
NGOs voice fears for dozens of Egyptian prisoners, and hundreds of others, facing execution for drugs-related offenses in Saudi Arabia
We, the undersigned organisations, are gravely fearful for the lives of hundreds of prisoners threatened with imminent execution in Saudi Arabia on drugs-related charges, including 33 Egyptians on a single wing of Tabuk Prison.
Rights organizations condemn spate of Egyptian journalist arrests, demand immediate release, accountability
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), along with 33 rights and press freedom organizations, condemns the recent arrests and enforced disappearance of four Egyptian journalists – Ashraf O
Egypt: Release Mohamed Adel, as Activist’s Health Deteriorates in Detention
The undersigned human rights organizations urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately release political activist Mohamed Adel, and to comply with their duty to protect his life and health, now in danger due to the hunger strike he started in protest against the illegal renewal of his detenti
Human Rights Organizations condemn the targeting of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts and call for the protection of cultural institutions in Egypt
The signatories of this statement condemn the Egyptian security forces' raid on the headquarters of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts, where they searched it and seized some of its contents, including computers, dozens of books and cultural publications, a number of files and financial documents.
Infographic | Death Penalties in Egypt during June 2024
During the month of June, Egyptian courts issued death sentences to 40 defendants in 24 cases. Among them, 1 was issued final verdicts that could not be appealed. Additionally, 28 defendants' papers were referred to the Grand Mufti in 20 other cases.
