7 November 2021 On Sunday, November 7, The Emergency State Security Misdemeanors Court at Minya Al-Qamh issued a one-year prison sentence to Ayman Abdel Aziz Abdel Halim, in connection with report No. 3169 of 2021 (Minya Al-Qamh Emergency…

The undersigned organizations condemn the decision by the Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court on 8 November to adjourn proceedings in case no. 1228/2021/Emergency State Security Misdemeanor for judgment on 20 December; blogger Alaa…

View in PDF The first session of Haneen Hossam's retrial to be held on 14 November, and the pretrial detention of nine defendants was renewed The Legal Bulletin covers the lawsuits in which AFTE provides the necessary legal…

View in PDF Prepared by: The Monitoring and Documentation Unit of the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) Content Methodology Introduction First section: National human rights strategy amid continuing…

During the previous month (October), 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…

In the last week of July 2021, a police force arrested videographer Osama, who filmed the videos of content creator Yasmine Abdel Razek, known as the "Hohos girl." He was arrested after lawyer Samir Sabry submitted a lawsuit carrying the…

In the last week of July 2021, an Alexandria police force arrested TikTok influencer Yasmine Abdel Razek El-Fouly, known in local media as the "Hohos girl," and her videographer, Osama, on charges of posting videos violating the public…

On 8 July 2021, a police force arrested content creator Moka Hegazy while she was in Hosary Square in the Sixth of October City, against the background of what the security services called an immoral video clip she posted on TikTok,…