Latest Updates

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (20: 27 November 2022)| The detention of 10 defendants including Sherif El-Rouby, TV presenter Hala Fahmy and Ziad Abo El-Fadl renewed

European Parliament debates Egypt’s human rights situation with European Commission, resolution calls for strong EU measures to address crisis

Egypt: Retrial demanded for detainees allegedly tortured by police and sentenced by terrorism court for up to life imprisonment

Job opening: Researcher in the Legal research unit

Policy Papers

Selecting university leaders within the framework of University autonomy

Position Papers

Forbidden criticism .. Does Mido deserve accountability and punishment?

Viewership research and promotion of competitiveness in the media

The National Center for Translation: Towards decentralized culture

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

The truth about Ayman Hadhoud’s death.. The Public Prosecution’s decision to end the investigation appealed

Policy Papers

Selecting university leaders within the framework of University autonomy

Position Papers

Forbidden criticism .. Does Mido deserve accountability and punishment?

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

Supreme State Security Prosecution renews Momtaz Ahmed Lotfy’s detention for 15 days; for posting video about Gamasa Prison fire

Supreme State Security Prosecution detains Ahmed Abdel Maged Oraby for 15 days

Criminal Court renewed TV presenter Hala Fahmy’s detention after 6 days on a hunger strike

Criminal Court renews the detention of Journalist Mohamed Fawzy Mosaad for 45 days

Weekly Legal Bulletin

AFTE’s weekly legal bulletin (13: 20 November 2022) | The detention of 8 defendants Marwa Arafa and Journalist Manal Agrama renewed

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (6: 13 November 2022)| The detention of 8 defendants including Sherif El-Rouby and Hamed Sedeek renewed; Court of Cassation to examine Mawaddah al-Adham’s appeal against her 6-year prison sentence on February 11

AFTE’s weekly legal bulletin (30 October: 6 November 2022) | The detention of Academic Ahmed Al-Tohamy renewed for 45 days; Supreme State Security Prosecution conducts investigations with journalist Manal Agrama and detains her for 15 days; and AFTE files 3 lawsuits against Syndicate Of Artists for refusing to register workers in the Syndicate

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (23: 30 October 2022) | The investigations with poet Amina Abdullah against accusations of contempt of religion resumed; singer El-Amir Fahim was released, and the detention of 4 students participants in the Batman Helwan event was renewed

Monthly Newsletter

AFTE’s Newsletter: September 2022

AFTE’s Newsletter: August 2022

AFTE’s Newsletter: July 2022

AFTE’s Newsletter: June 2022

Statements

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression dismisses its secretary after being convicted of sexual harassment

AFTE calls on the Public Prosecutor to release TV presenter Hala Fahmy and stop persecuting journalists

AFTE calls on the Court of Appeal to revoke the Public Prosecutor’s decision to place academic researcher Waleed Salem on the travel ban list

Joint statements

Egypt: Retrial demanded for detainees allegedly tortured by police and sentenced by terrorism court for up to life imprisonment

Egypt: Sexual assault of detainee Omar Ali in Badr Prison denounced by human rights organizations

Egypt: Coinciding with calls for protests during COP27, government’s crackdown condemned by rights organizations

Further Publications

Research

“No progress” | The third quarterly report on the state of freedom of expression in Egypt (1 July – 30 September 2022)

Punishment first.. A report on the security and administrative violations of the rights of Maspero staff

Who owns information?

Settling scores … (A detailed report on the targeting of detained pharmacist Omar Mahmoud al-Hout)

Advocacy

European Parliament debates Egypt’s human rights situation with European Commission, resolution calls for strong EU measures to address crisis

Egypt: Retrial demanded for detainees allegedly tortured by police and sentenced by terrorism court for up to life imprisonment

Egypt: Sexual assault of detainee Omar Ali in Badr Prison denounced by human rights organizations

Mohamed Oxygen’s brother submits solicitation to the President of the Republic to release him

Legal Updates

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (20: 27 November 2022)| The detention of 10 defendants including Sherif El-Rouby, TV presenter Hala Fahmy and Ziad Abo El-Fadl renewed

Supreme State Security Prosecution renews the detention of Ziad Abo El-fadl and 3 other defendants for 15 days

Supreme State Security Prosecution detains Ahmed Abdel Maged Oraby for 15 days

Supreme State Security Prosecution renews the detention of Hussein Shehata and journalist Ahmed Abdel Majid for 15 days because of Facebook posts

AFTE’s weekly legal bulletin (13: 20 November 2022) | The detention of 8 defendants Marwa Arafa and Journalist Manal Agrama renewed

Legislations

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)

The Internet and the Law in Egypt Series (Second Part: Digital media)