9 October 2022 The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) has decided to permanently dismiss its secretary Mohamed Sayed after he was convicted of sexually harassing two female employees in the organization, revealing his…

The Prosecutions The hearings of September 26:  The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of Journalist Mohamed Fawzy Mosaad, for 15 days, in connection with Case No. 440 of 2022 (State Security). in which he’s…

In September, the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) monitored the state and problems of freedom of thought and expression in Egypt. Through its various units' activities, AFTE issued statements and reports that take…

 Thursday, September 29, 2022 marks three years since Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer and British-Egyptian writer and pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah were arrested by the Egyptian authorities. As a global coalition of…

16 January 2023  On January 16, the Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release visual artist Amir Abdel Ghani, under the guarantee of his place of residence, in connection with case No. 1635 of 2022 (Supreme State Security…

In the run up to the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) taking place in Egypt’s resort town of Sharm El Sheikh from 7 to18 November 2022, the undersigned organizations, groups and individuals note with great concern the human rights…

Monitoring and Documentation Unit’s Publications Methodology This report is based on an online interview with Omar Mahmoud al-Hout’s father, an interview over the phone with lawyer Ahmed Moawad who had earlier provided legal aid to…

Criminal Courts On September 17, The Criminal Court (The Council Chamber) renewed the detention of Hamed Sedeek for 45 extra days in connection with Case No. 1356 of 2019 (Supreme State Security). Sedeek completed three years in pretrial…

The Egyptian human rights organizations signatory to this statement demand a prompt release of Yehia Helwa, a political activist and member of the Bread and Freedom Party (under establishment), who spent two years in remand detention…

23 September 2022 The undersigned human rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to intervene quickly to end the detention of blogger and journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan, known as Mohamed Oxygen, stop all forms of violations…