This year, 2023, marks the 30th year of World Press Freedom Day. Celebrated every 3rd of May, this year’s Day coincides with a tangible activity in the press and media scene in Egypt, which reached its climax with the movement's success…

 AFTE to continue working with its partners to change this repressive law and defend the freedom of civil society 2 May 2023 The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) has announced that it submitted all necessary…

1 May 2023 Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue their sustained assault on human rights and freedoms, including targeting human rights activists, enacting repressive laws, and using the criminal justice system as a tool to…

In April, the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) monitored Egypt's state and problems of freedom of thought and expression. Through its various units' activities, AFTE issued its annual reports and signed several joint…

Prepared by: The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression’s (AFTE) Monitoring and Documentation Unit Content Methodology Introduction Part One: The national dialogue... an obstructed birth Part Two: Patterns of…

Supreme State Security Prosecution On April 18, the Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the pretrial detention of Ahmed Ma’amon Shaker Abou El-Rous and Ali Othman for 15 days, pending investigations of case No. 508 of 2023…

6 January 2025 The Criminal Court (First Circuit Terrorism) renewed the detention of Ahmed Shaker Abou Elrous and Ali Othman Ali for 45 days for attending a football match between Al-Ahly and Ghazal El-Mahala. The security forces…

17 April 2023 In a serious escalation to the violence against activists and HRDs held in Badr 1 prison, security forces this morning arrested Mrs. Neamatallah Hesham, wife of human rights lawyers and political prisoner Mohamed El Baqer from…

Criminal Courts April 10 hearings:  The Criminal Court (Second Circuit) renewed the detention of journalist Tawfiq Ghanem for 45 days, pending investigations of case No. 238 of 2021 (Supreme State Security Prosecution). The 68 years…

Public Prosecution  For the second time, Nasr City Prosecution dismissed the request that AFTE filed last month demanding to reopen the investigation into the death incident of the economic researcher Ayman Hadhoud inside the Mental…