The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) shares with you the joint statements it produced over the past month and campaign, in addition to the legal updates of lawsuits in which AFTE provides legal support to prisoners of conscience or to academics who were subjected to abuse and security prosecutions for expressing their opinions.
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Advocacy
AFTE condemnd the decision by the Third Circuit of the Terrorism Criminal Court to prevent lawyers, including AFTE’s lawyers, from attending sessions with their clients separately. The court’s decision prevented the defense team from communicating with the defendants, thus leading AFTE’s lawyers to withdraw from the hearings, which were held at Badr Rehabilitation and Correctional Center on 25 February.
AFTE with 17 of civil society organizations, issued a joint statement denouncing the Egyptian authorities and affiliated groups response to recent reporting by the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, an Egyptian human rights group with a focus on Egypt’s militarized North Sinai, with a smear campaign and threats against the group and its director, Ahmed Salem. More.
Legal Aid
- Despite spending more than three years in pre-trial detention Criminal Court renews journalist Karim Ebrahim’s detention for 45 days.
- After more than a year and a half in pretrial detention, Supreme State Security Prosecution released journalist Hala Fahmy
- After more than a year in pretrial detention, Supreme State Security Prosecution released of 61 years old journalist Manal Agrama
- After more than a year in pretrial detention, Supreme State Security Prosecution released Mohamed Raafat Nasr
- Release of Momtaz Lotfy after a year and a half in pretrial detention for posting a video about the Gamasa Prison fire
- The State Security Prosecution released the teacher Ahmed Tolba in the illegal gathering case in front of the Ministry of Education
- Release of academic Wael Abdelrahim after being arrested in the Cairo airport and detained pending the case for 9 months
- Despite spending more than two years in pre-trial detention, the Criminal court renews Moataz Bellah Hasab Elnaby’s detention for 45 days
- The Criminal Court refuses the Prosecution’s appeal against a decision to release the student Ahmed Al-Sawaf pending his second case
- The Criminal Court renews the detention of a student arrested from the metro station after his mobile was searched
- Criminal Court renews Mohamed Abdo’s detention for 45 days over criticizing the president’s policies on TikTok
- The Criminal Court renews the detention of Hany Soliman for 45 days over chanting and filming during October victory celebrations
- Criminal Court renews Sherif Ebrahim’s detention for 45 days over video insulting the Ministry of Interior
- The Criminal court renews Mohamed Asr’s detention for 45 days for posting on Tiktok about the economic situation and electricity outage
- Criminal Court renews student Mohamed Saad’s detention for 45 days over Alliance of Hope lawsuit, despite exceeding 4 years in pretrial detention
- The Criminal Court renews the detention of Tantawy’s presidential campaign Khaled Abd El-wahed
- After more than 4 years in pretrial detention, Criminal Court renews Hamed Sedeek’s detention
- Detention of two fans of Al-Ahly football club arrested from Cairo Stadium renewed
- The hearing to consider the detention of employee Muhammad Abu Mandour was postponed for a month due to the impossibility of holding it
- Criminal court renewed the detention of Muhammad Zayan for 45 days pending investigations because of a video from a conference of former candidate Ahmed Al-Tantawy
- The Court of Appeal sets a March 4 session to consider the appeal of Ahmed Al-Tantawi and 22 members of his election campaign against their one-year imprisonment.
- State Security Prosecution renews the detention of a student at Al-Azhar University for demonstrating in solidarity with Palestine
- Supreme State Security decided to renew the detention of Omar ElDahma for his participation in demonstrations of solidarity with Palestine for 15 days
- State Security Prosecution renews the detention of Ahmed Abostit for demonstrating in solidarity with Palestine for 15 days
- Criminal Court renews Mohamed Amer Abdel Aziz’s detention for 45 days
- Criminal Court renews a contractor’s detention for 45 days
- Supreme State Security renews Mahmoud Abo Sree’s detention for 15 days After he was arrested from Borg El Arab Airport while returning to visit his family
- Lina Atalla was released on bail of 5,000 pounds after she was accused of running the Mada Masr website without a license
- Detention of Activist and one of the injured in January Revolution, Ahmed Oraby, renewed for 45 days
- Criminal Court renews Mohamed Abdel Aal Abou El-Dahab’s detention for 45 days
- The Criminal Court renews the detention of poet Galal Al-Behairi, and he complains of jaw pain for the second time
- Criminal Court renews student Estshhad Kamal Rezk’s detention for 45 days despite exceeding the maximum period of pretrial detention
- Criminal court renewed the detention of Muhammad Zayan for 45 days pending investigations because of a video from a conference of former candidate Ahmed Al-Tantawy
- Zagazig Criminal Court refuses the prosecution appeal and decided to release Omar Al-Hout
- The criminal court decided to release Khaled Helmy and replaces pretrial detention with precautionary measure
Campaigns
In #SaferInternetDay, which mark 6 of February, as the government’s efforts to impose broader surveillance on internet users increase, #AFTE shares these recommendations for safer internet browsing. More.
AFTE shared recommendations on how we can protect our privacy online under the policy of random mass surveillance the government has adopted increasingly since 2014. More.
Egypt is witnessing unprecedented transformations in the scene of #freedom_of_opinion_and_expression in recent years. Where voices are muffled, and thoughts remain unexpressed, and #FreedomOfPress is not guaranteed. Therefore, AFTE launched a campaign entitled #OwnYourVoice, in which it addressed these transformations. More.
