Supreme State Security Prosecution  The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of human rights lawyer Ahmed Nazeer El-Helw for the 8th time since his arrest in connection with case No. 1940 of 2022 (Supreme State…

In February, 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 reports and a statement, and…

(Beirut, February 28, 2023) – The Egyptianauthorities should increase transparency by making essential figures about the country’s detainee population public, nine organizations said today. The figure should include how many people have…

The Supreme State Security Prosecution  On February 20, The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of the deputy director of the Information Technology Department at Al-Akhbar newspaper, Yehia Elsayed Othman, the…

Prepared by: Sarah Ramadan, researcher at AFTE’s Law Research Unit Content Methodology Introduction First: Homosexuality in pre-2011 media: the Queen Boat incident Second: Disappearance after the rainbow flag incident Third: What…

The Supreme State Security Prosecution On February 12, the Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of human rights lawyer Ahmed Nazeer El-Helw, for 15 days, pending investigations of case No. 1940 of 2020 (Supreme State…

14 February 2023 The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) condemns the referral by the privately owned Sinai University of Mai Abdullah Sweidan, a first-year student at the Faculty of Dentistry, to investigation on 13…

Supreme State Security Prosecution February 6 hearings:  The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of the journalist and former deputy editor-in-chief of the Radio and Television Magazine, Manal Agrama, for 15 days…

6 January 2025 The Criminal Court (First Circuit Terrorism) renewed the detention of Mohamed Ahmed Saad for 45 days, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 930 of 2019 (Supreme State Security), known in the media as “the Alliance of Hope…

Prepared by Rahma Samy, researcher at AFTE’s Monitoring and Documentation Unit Content Methodology Introduction First: Patterns of violations committed against journalists after their release Security violations Monitoring and…