Latest Updates

Life in danger: Moaz Al-Sharqawy has been forcibly disappeared for 22 days; deep concerns about his safety

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (21: 28 May 2023)| The detention of 12 defendants, including TV presenter Hala Fahmy and Marwa Arafa renewed

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (14: 21 May 2023) The detention of four defendants was renewed, including Chocalata and Warda; and activist Wessam Salah was released

Egypt: 1526 citizens on terrorism lists for an additional five years further evidences justice system’s deterioration

Policy Papers

Selecting university leaders within the framework of University autonomy

Position Papers

What’s next?! (Position paper on the amendment of the art-centric syndicates law)

Viewership research and promotion of competitiveness in the media

The National Center for Translation: Towards decentralized culture

Forbidden criticism .. Does Mido deserve accountability and punishment?

Q&A: Interview with politician Ahmed al-Tantawy removed from Facebook after a report from Channel One TV

Policy Papers

Selecting university leaders within the framework of University autonomy

Position Papers

What’s next?! (Position paper on the amendment of the art-centric syndicates law)

Most Read

Top secret .. How did laws restrict the circulation of information in Egypt?

Blocked Websites List

Decision from an Unknown Body: On blocking websites in Egypt

The files of detained journalists, creators and acadiemics

Detained Academics

Detained Journalists

Detained Creators

Legal news

AFTE submits a report to the Public Prosecutor after poet Jalal Al-Behairi escalated his hunger strike and refraining from taking his heart and depression medications to a full hunger strike

For the 10th time, Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of Ahmed Tarek and Basma Hegazy for 15 days over a sarcastic video

Criminal Court renews the detention of four students for 45 days for creating a sarcastic event on Facebook

Criminal Court renews the detention of lawyer Saied Hassan Ali for 45 days

Weekly Legal Bulletin

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (14: 21 May 2023) The detention of four defendants was renewed, including Chocalata and Warda; and activist Wessam Salah was released

AFTE’s weekly legal bulletin (7: 14 May 2023) | The detention of Sherif El-Rouby and other 15 defendants was renewed despite El-Rouby’s suffering from the severe inflammation of the seventh nerve and his inability to speak, and Mohamed Abdel Qader, the uncle of potential presidential candidate Ahmed El-Tantawy was released on 5,000 EGP bail

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (30 April: 7 May 2023) | The uncle of the potential presidential candidate Ahmed El-Tantawy detained, and the detention of 8 defendants renewed

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (16: 23 April 2023) | The detention of Mohamed Abou Mandour and Ahmed Oraby for Facebook posts and two other defendants renewed; the Administrative Judicial Court refers AFTE’s appeal against Helwan University to the State Commissioners Authority to consult its legal opinion

Monthly Newsletter

AFTE’s Newsletter: March 2023

AFTE’s Newsletter: February 2023

AFTE’s Newsletter: January 2023

AFTE’s Newsletter: December 2022

Statements

On World Press Freedom Day, the Egyptian government should release imprisoned journalists and settle this issue completely

AFTE submits documents for registration under civil society law

Forcing the Medical Syndicate to delete content from its Facebook page is a new violation of freedom of expression

Joint statements

Joint statement: Human rights organizations condemn the continued abuses against mechanical engineering professor Manar Al-Tantawy

Egypt adds human rights defenders to new terrorism lists after launch of ‘national dialogue’

Egypt: As National Dialogue starts, family and supporters of Ahmed Tantawy arrested after he announced his intent to run as president

Further Publications

Research

The first quarterly report on the state of freedom of expression in Egypt (1 January – 31 March 2023)

Violations overshadow reform pledges.. The annual report on the state of freedom of expression in Egypt 2022

Banned from the Cairo International Book Fair A report on the activities of the 54th Cairo International Book Fair

“They have no presence!” .. On banning the LGBT community from appearing in the Egyptian media

Advocacy

Life in danger: Moaz Al-Sharqawy has been forcibly disappeared for 22 days; deep concerns about his safety

Egypt: 1526 citizens on terrorism lists for an additional five years further evidences justice system’s deterioration

Joint statement: Human rights organizations condemn the continued abuses against mechanical engineering professor Manar Al-Tantawy

Egypt adds human rights defenders to new terrorism lists after launch of ‘national dialogue’

Legal Updates

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (21: 28 May 2023)| The detention of 12 defendants, including TV presenter Hala Fahmy and Marwa Arafa renewed

Criminal Court renews the detention of lawyer Saied Hassan Ali for 45 days

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (14: 21 May 2023) The detention of four defendants was renewed, including Chocalata and Warda; and activist Wessam Salah was released

For posting about price hikes, the Supreme State Security Prosecution renews Mohsen Gamal’s detention for 15 days

AFTE’s weekly legal bulletin (7: 14 May 2023) | The detention of Sherif El-Rouby and other 15 defendants was renewed despite El-Rouby’s suffering from the severe inflammation of the seventh nerve and his inability to speak, and Mohamed Abdel Qader, the uncle of potential presidential candidate Ahmed El-Tantawy was released on 5,000 EGP bail

Legislations

Egyptian judicial rulings and freedom of information

Pretrial detention in Egyptian legislation

Open Access.. Arab regional lessons drawn from information access laws in Jordan and Tunisia

Top secret .. How did laws restrict the circulation of information in Egypt?

The Internet and the Law in Egypt Series (Third part: Digital Privacy)