Al-Manassa Editor-in-chief, Nora Younis, released
Maadi Prosecution has ordered , today, Al-Manassa Editor-in-chief, Nora Younis, to be released on LE10, 000 bail, in police record no. 9455 for 2020, El Maadi Misdemeanor
AFTE launches a campaign demanding to unblock websites
After more than three years of the massive blocking campaign that the Egyptian authorities started in Egypt (May 2017), the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) is launching
Out of sight: A study on the effects of three years of blocking news websites
This study on blocked news websites in Egypt is based on data and statistics collected by the monitoring and documentation unit at the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE). The unit used Ooni Probe
A security force raids the headquarters of “Almanassa” and arrests its editor-in-chief
A security force, which claimed to be affiliated to the artistic works investigation, raided the headquarters of “Almanassa" press website, which had been blocked in Egypt for three years, and arrested the website's editor-in-chief, Nora…
Human Rights Organizations Condemn The General Prosecutor’s Inaction After Abducting Sana Seif…
The undersigned NGOs condemn the series of violations the arbitrarily detained activist Alaa Abd-El Fattah's family has faced. The last of which was today, when a police force had abducted his sister, Sana Seif
AFTE condemns the attack on Alaa Abd Al Fattah’s family and urges the Attorney General to…
The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) condemns in the strongest terms the attack that took place this morning on members of the family of detained activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah in front of Tora prison in full…
Renewing the detention of Shady Abu Zaid for 45 days
The first Circuit /Terrorism, decided to postpone Shadi Abu Zaid’s renewal of detention session, in case No. 1956 of 2019, State Security, to the July 15 session, because the defendant could not be transferred from his prison.
Detention Renewed for Hamed Sedeek Who is Detained from 2019
18 February 2025 Cairo Criminal Court (First Circuit Terrorism) renewed Hamed Sedeek’s detention for 45 days pending the investigation of lawsuit No. 2207 of 2021 (Supreme State Security Prosecution), the second lawsuit in which Sedeek is a…
Legalizing Mahraganat: Recognition vs. Identity Erasure
The research conducted for this paper is based on the collection and analysis of data, including official statements and decisions issued by the Musicians’ Syndicate regarding mahraganat music, a review of the laws organizing the…
Releasing Prisoners of Conscience; to Restore Justice to Curb Covid-19
Releasing Prisoners of Conscience; to Restore Justice to Curb Covid-19
