Prepared by: The Monitoring and Documentation Unit Content Methodology Introduction Section One: The national dialogue.. an obstructed birth The Presidential Pardon Committee.. great efforts but limited results Amateur photography rules...…

Yesterday, the brother of Mohamed Oxygen submitted a solicitation to the President of the Republic through the Association for Freedom of Thoughts and Expression (AFTE) that presents the legal defense for Oxygen, requesting a presidential…

7 February 2024 The State Security Prosecution released Momtaz Ahmed Lotfy, pending investigations of case No. 1539 of 2022 (State Security).  Security forces arrested Lotfy from his house on August 21, 2022, and the prosecution…

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Egyptian government’s crackdown in the leadup to the COP27 Climate Change Conference. Dozens of peaceful citizens in several governorates have been arrested and other exceptional…

Prepared by Rahma Sami, a researcher at the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) Content Methodology Introduction What happened in Maspero? Security and administrative violations Punishment first, then…

6 November 2022  On November 6, the Supreme State Security Prosecution conducted its first interrogation session with defendant Hussein Ali Abdo, and decided to detain him for 15 days in connection with case No. 1977 of 2022 (State…

7 February 2024 The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release journalist Manal Agrama, after being held in pretrial detention for more than a year pending investigations of lawsuit No. 1893 of 2022 (Supreme State Security).  The…

The Supreme State Security Prosecution  On November 3, the Supreme State Security Prosecution begun its investigations with lawyer and former deputy deputy editor-in-chief of the Radio and Television Magazine, Manal Agrama, in…

Ahead of COP27, 12 Egyptian human rights organizations launched a petition, which is supported by 321 organizations/groups and 1080 individuals from over 80 countries across Africa, Asia, Pacific, Europe, North, and South America, including…

29 February 2024  The Administrative Court (Second Circuit) decided to accept the appeal of the lawsuits filed by AFTE against the negative decision of the Acting Professions Syndicate to refrain from registering Ahmed Abdel Moneim Shuaib…