1- Addressing the crisis of the arbitrary detention of political prisoners in Egypt is a necessary, urgent and long overdue step. Egypt has become one of the world’s top jailers of political dissidents in recent years in terms of the number…

View in PDFSupreme State Security Prosecution releases four defendants and resumes investigation with TV presenter Hala Fahmy Supreme State Security Prosecution 24 April hearings: The Supreme State Security Prosecution released activist…

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) is seeking to recruit a Legal Research Unit’s Director, according to the following criteria and requirements: Required Experience and Skills: Proficiency in Arabic both written…

7 February 2024 The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release the former TV presenter at Maspero, Hala Fahmy, after being held in pretrial detention for more than a year and a half pending investigations of lawsuit No. 441 of…

2 April 2023  Nasr City Prosecution dismissed the request that AFTE filed last month demanding to reopen the investigation into the mysterious death incident of the economic researcher Ayman Hadhoud inside the Mental Health Hospital in…

View in PDFCriminal Court sentences Haneen Hossam to 3 years in prison and fines her 200,000 Egyptian pounds, Agouza Appeals Court acquits Ahmed Lotfy Criminal Courts On 18 April, the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Haneen Hossam to three…

20 April 2022 Yesterday, Agouza Misdemeanors Court of Appeal “terrorism” acquitted Ahmed Lotfy Ali Mohamed, pending the appeal against the verdict in absentia issued against him. Agouza Misdemeanors Court had issued a verdict in absentia…

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) is seeking to recruit a content creator at the Media and Communication Unit, according to the following criteria and requirements: Required Experience and Skills: Previous…

View in PDFThe detention of nine defendants renewed, the examination of Moka Hegazy’s appeal against the three-year prison sentence issued against her adjourned to 26 April, the Court of Appeal rules its lack of jurisdiction to examine…

9 February 2025 Journalist Moataz Bellah Hasab Elnaby has been transferred from Al-Ashir Min Ramadan Prison to Minya Prison without any stated reasons, after spending more than three and a half years in pretrial detention. The transfer was…