Press Releases

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) calls on the Public Prosecution to speed up the release of Dr. Ahmed Al Tohamy Abdel-Hay

AFTE sends a letter to the press syndicate calling for the release of detained journalists

Mr. President, ARTICLE 19 and the Association for Free Thought and Expression (AFTE) note Egypt’s engagement with the UPR process during its recent second Review. However, this expressed commitment to human rights is in stark contrast to…

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) expresses its deep pleasure for being chosen by the Middle East Studies Association in North America to receive the Academic Freedom award for the year 2014, for AFTE’s work on…

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression followed the latest news cited on a number of websites regarding the letter from the Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Wael El Degwy, to the presidents of Egyptian public universities…

Letter to the National Council for Human Rights calling for the release of prisoners of violations of freedom of expression

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

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) calls on the Egyptian government to allow Waleed Salem, a PhD researcher at Washington University, to travel after his passport was withdrawn by the Cairo International Airport…

After more than three years of the massive blocking campaign that the Egyptian authorities started in Egypt (May 2017), the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) is launching

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) condemns in the strongest terms the attack that took place this morning on members of the family of detained activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah in front of Tora prison in full…