10 January 2024 The Criminal Court (Second Circuit) renewed Nour Fayez Ebrahim’s detention for 45 days, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 2993 of 2021 (Supreme State Security). Security forces arrested Fayez in December 2022 after he…

During May, 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 a…

View in PDFSeven defendants,including Kholoud Saied and Sherif El-Rouby,released; the detention of four others,including Marwa Arafa and Tawfiq Ghanem,renewed  Supreme State Security Prosecution  On 29 May, the Supreme State Security…

5 April 2023  On April 5, the Criminal Court (First Circuit) decided to renew the pretrial detention of Ahmed Mohamed Moussa Abdel Khaleq for 45 days in connection with Case No. 330 of 2022 (State Security). Moussa has been detained since…

View in PDF Prepared by: Alaa Kulaib, researcher at the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression’s Research Unit Content Methodology Introduction Background: Crackdown on TikTok girls Prosecution’s investigations…

The undersigned organizations condemn the unjust sentences handed down on 29 May by the Emergency State Security Felony Court in Case no. 1059 of 2021 (entered as no. 440 of 2018) against three prominent public opposition figures. Abdel…

View in PDFThe detention of three defendants renewed; the prosecution’s appeal against Omar Al-Hout’s release order upheld, and his detention renewed for 45 days  Supreme State Security Prosecution  On 22 May, the Supreme State Security…

29 June 2022 On June 29, the Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to annul the precautionary measures imposed on Ahmed Abdel-Aal Fazaa, in connection with Case No. 915 of 2021 (Supreme State Security Prosecution). On May 29, the…

View in PDFPrepared by: Research Unit at the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) Legal material jointly collected by: AFTE’s Legal Aid Unit Content Methodology Introduction First: The Public Prosecution’s Communication…

To Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom Elizabeth Truss, and the UK Foreign Office 27 May, 2022 British-Egyptian activist, blogger, and software developer AlaaAbd El-Fattah — locked up…