Press Releases

The undersigned organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to release Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master's researcher at the Central European University (CEU) in Austria, who has been arbitrarily detained for two months and deprived of…

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) welcomes - for the second time - the efforts exerted by the chairman of the State Information Service and the head of the Journalists Syndicate, Diaa Rashwan, as well as the…

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) calls on the Ministry of Interior of Egypt to release Ahmed Samir Santawy, the researcher who has been arbitrarily detained after voluntarily going to the police station in the…

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) calls on the Egyptian authorities to release cartoonist Ashraf Hamdy, who was arrested on Monday 25 January 2021, on the 10thanniversary of the Egyptian revolution. It also calls…

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