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The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) welcomes the decision of the Public Prosecutor to release journalist Basma Mustafa

This report presents and analyzes some issues related to the right to freedom of expression and access to information, with the aim of evaluating the government policies in this regard. It also reviews and analyzes the documented violations…

The Supreme State Security Prosecution investigated with those who were arrested during the events of September 20, 2020, and decided to detain them for 15 days pending investigations into Case No. 880 of 2020 and Case No. 960 of 2020.…

The undersigned human rights organizations renew their demand for the Egyptian government to respect the rights of free expression and privacy, and for state security to immediately stop arbitrarily arresting citizens and searching their…

The Criminal Court decided, September 15, to renew the detention of  Mohamed Gaber Soliman for 45 days pending investigations into case No. 488 of 2019

The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to detain Kareem Mohamed Omer, a sales representative, and Mohamed Elsayed Ali Elsayed a Faculty of Arts student for 15 days pending investigations into case no. 880 of 2020 Supreme State…

The Second Circuit (Criminal/Terrorism) decided in the September 6 session to renew the detention of the publisher and journalist Mostafa Mukhtar Muhammad Sakr for 45 days pending investigations into Case No. 1530 of 2019 State Security.

The Fact Finding Committee established by AFTE’s Advisory Board announces the continuation of its investigative work with regards to administrative violations as well as incidents of violence

The undersigned independent human rights institutions announced today that the new politicized ruling against human rights defender Bahey El Din Hassan, Director of the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, has been sentenced to 15 years…

The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided yesterday, August 24, to detain activist Mohamed Salah Abdel Aziz for 15 days pending investigations into case no. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security, in which he faces charges of joining a…