21 March 2022  On Monday, March 21, Kafr Saqr Misdemeanor Court acquitted Attia Shehata Elsayed in connection with Case No. 1596 of 2022 (Kafr Saqr Misdemeanour), in which he’s charged with joining a terrorist group and possessing…

View in PDFThe detention of five defendants renewed; reports on Ahmed Maher Ezzat's assault incident filed Criminal Courts Sunday, 13 March sessions: The Criminal Court (The Fifth Circuit) decided to release Dr. Hossam Eddin Shaaban in…

20 March 2024 The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release the journalist at Aljazeera Mubasher, Rabea Elsheikh, pending investigations of case No. 1365 of 2018 (State Security) after more than 2 years in detention. Elsheikh…

17 August 2023  The Administrative Judiciary Court (13th Circuit) dismissed appeal No. 8144 of 55 filed by Cairo University against the court’s decision to appoint Hagar Ismael Hanafy as the University’s faculty of science. The Faculty of…

The signatory human rights organizations condemn the execution of seven people in Egypt on 8 and 10 March 2022, following trials in which the defendants were forcibly disappeared, tortured, and denied their fundamental rights, including…

Today, the Egyptian Emergency State Security Court (ESSC) will hold a second session in the retrial of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy. The undersigned organizations call on Egyptian authorities to drop this case and release Santawy…

View in PDFThe detention of 11 defendants and the precautionary measures imposed on two others renewed, and the hearing on a lawsuit demanding that Omar Mohamed Ali be allowed to resume his study online postponed to 3 April Criminal Courts…

The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) calls on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to pardon the female Tik Tok content creators who have been handed prison sentences on charges related to freedom of expression, in a…

View in PDFQuranist blogger Reda Abdel Rahman and two others released; Hamed Sedeek and Belal Abdel Razek’s detention renewed Public Prosecution On 28 February, the Qasr Al-Nil’s appellant judge decided to release Emad El-Sayed Ali Radwan…

During February, 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…