13 June 2018 State Security Prosecution has investigated David Gad, Ahmed Essam Zeidan, and the lawyer, Eslam Abd-Elzaher, after 6 days of unreasonable arrest. Prosecution included the defendants in lawsuit 434/2018, which includes 18 other…

22nd May 2018 Criminal Juvenile Court has acquitted the child Omar Hashim and abolished the first degree decision of undetermined detention in a house of correction. Along with other defendants, Omar has been charged with crowing, vandalism…

15 May 2018 Prosecution has decided the release of 10 citizens, who were arrested from Helwan subway station, by police forces for disproving the increase of the ticket of the subway (Metro). The defendants were accused of dismantling the…

14 May 2018 Supreme Court has referred the appeal, filed by the Association for Freedom of Expression, on the decision of banning a number of websites in Egypt, to the college of commissioners. AFTE has called for obliging National Telecom…

It is therefore, that the undersigned organizations, on the anniversary of the World Press Freedom Day reiterate and support the UN Secretary-General's call on governments (foremost the Egyptian government) to promote press freedom and…

30 April 2018 High Court has decided the acceptance of the appeal by the student Mohamed A’asem Abd-Alfattah, for being banned from receiving his graduation certificate by administration of the Faculty of Artistic Education, Helwan…

“Forces of Evil” How the authorities targeted journalists during the presidential elections View full report in PDFSummary Egyptian police forcibly disappeared four young journalists before presenting them to State Security Prosecution;…

Emergencies Prosecution of North Giza has renewed the detention of the photojournalist Magdy Khaled Mohamed, known as Wagdy Khaled, for 15 days pending investigation. Wagdy has been charged with joining the Muslim Brotherhood group and…

View full report in pDFReport prepared by Sarah Ramadan AFTE researcher Edited by Mohamed Nagui AFTE researcher Report Methodology The report is the fifth in a series of the conscience and memory program’s publications that deal with…

The Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) has followed with great concern the attack by the Egyptian authorities on the press, on the background of the coverage of the presidential elections of 2018. On April 5th 2018,…