{"id":33701,"date":"2023-03-01T12:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/?p=33701"},"modified":"2023-03-01T12:39:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:39:39","slug":"aftes-newsletter-february-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/advocacy-en\/2023\/03\/01\/33701-afteegypt.html","title":{"rendered":"AFTE’s Newsletter: February 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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In February, the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) monitored Egypt’s state and problems of freedom of thought and expression. Through its various units’ activities, AFTE issued reports and a statement,\u00a0and undersigned a joint statement with other human rights organizations. these activities aimed to\u00a0take a deeper look at some of the issues of freedom of thought and expression currently raised, and provided legal aid in cases related to freedom of thoughts and expression.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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1. Publications<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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The human rights situation in Egypt has witnessed systematic and continuous violations, freedom of expression has been subjected to restrictions and violations through security crackdowns that affected most segments of society for expressing their opinions or opposing the various government policies. Journalists came on top of the targeted segments.\u00a0They are still prisoners<\/a>\u00a0report is based on interviews conducted with 13 journalists who\u00a0were previously imprisoned over their journalistic work.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey have no presence!\u201d<\/a>\u00a0paper is based on some human rights reports and studies that tackled the situation of the LGBT community in Egypt and the violations committed against them, as well as an analysis of the media behaviour in the aftermath of the rainbow flag incident. It also relied on news reports published during the period from 2005 until now.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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2. Joint Statements<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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AFTE undersigned a statement titled\u00a0Egypt: Release Prison Population Figures Lack of Transparency, Whitewashing Efforts as Abuse Continues<\/a>\u00a0along with eight human rights NGOs calling\u00a0the Egyptian authorities to increase transparency by making essential figures about the country\u2019s detainee population public, particularly\u00a0how many people have been kept in custody in recent years under the nationwide crackdown on dissent.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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3. Legal Aid<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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–\u00a0Because of Facebook posts; Supreme State Security Prosecution renews\u00a0Ahmed Abdel Mageed Oraby\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0detention for 15 days<\/span>
\n–\u00a0Khaled Mohamed Mahmoud<\/a>\u00a0released under guarantee of his place of residence
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews the detention of\u00a0journalist Manal Agrama<\/a>\u00a0for 15 days
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews\u00a0four defendants\u2019<\/a>\u00a0pretrial detention for 15 days for calling to November 11 demonstration
\n–\u00a0Journalist\u00a0Mohamed Fawzy Mosaad<\/a>\u00a0released under the guarantee of his residence place
\n–\u00a0Despite exceeding legal pretrial detention period; Criminal Court renews\u00a0Marwa Arafa\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0detention for 45 days
\n–\u00a0Because of Facebook posts; Supreme State Security Prosecution renews the detention of\u00a0Hussein Shehata and journalist Ahmed Abdel Majid<\/a>\u00a0for 15 days
\n– Criminal Court renews the detention of\u00a0four students<\/a>\u00a0for 45 days; for participating in the \u201cBatman of Helwan\u201d event
\n–\u00a0Criminal Court renews the detention of\u00a0journalist Tawfiq Ghanem<\/a>\u00a0for 45 days
\n–\u00a0Criminal Court renews\u00a0Amr Abdel-Moneim\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0detention for 45 days
\n–\u00a0Criminal Court renews the detention of student\u00a0Mohamed Ahmed Saad<\/a>\u00a0for 45 days
\n–\u00a0Court of Cassation dismisses\u00a0Mawaddah al-Adham\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0appeal and upholds her 6-year prison verdict
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews the detention of human rights lawyer\u00a0Ahmed Nazeer El-Helw<\/a>\u00a0for 15 days
\n–\u00a0Criminal Court renews\u00a0Mohamed Mamdouh Abdel Halim\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0detention for 45 days
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews the detention of\u00a0Ziad Abo El-Fadl, Khaled Abdel Mohsen, and Ahmed Abou Elsoud<\/a>\u00a0for 15 days
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews doctor\u00a0Hamed Sedeek\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0detention for 15 days pending his second case
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews\u00a0Mohamed Raafat Nasr<\/a>\u2019s detention for 15 days
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews\u00a0Mohamed Abdel Aal Abou El-Dahab\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0detention for 15 days
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews\u00a0Mohamed Mahmoud Abou Mandour\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0detention for 15 days; because of Facebook posts
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews\u00a0Ahmed Oraby<\/a>\u2019s detention for 15 days
\n–\u00a0Criminal Court renews\u00a0Mohamed Mahfouz Abdul Latif\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0detention for 45 days
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews the detention of\u00a04 defendants<\/a>\u00a0for 15 days; for sharing political posts
\n– Criminal Court renews Socialist Popular Alliance Party member\u00a0Wessam Salah<\/a>\u2019s detention for 45 days
\n–\u00a0Criminal Court renews\u00a0Ahmed Hassanein Mohamed Moussa<\/a>\u2019s pretrial detention for 45 days
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews the detention of\u00a0Ziad Abo El-Fadl, Khaled Abdel Mohsen, and Ahmed Abou Elsoud<\/a>\u00a0for 15 days
\n–\u00a0Criminal Court renews student\u00a0Estshhad Kamal Rezk\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0detention for 45 days
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews\u00a0Mohamed Raafat Nasr<\/a>\u2019s detention for 15 days
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews doctor\u00a0Hamed Sedeek<\/a>\u2019s detention for 15 days
\n–\u00a0Supreme State Security Prosecution renews\u00a0Mohamed Abdel Aal Abou El-Dahab\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0detention for 15 days
\n–\u00a0After his release was dismissed; Borg El-Arab Prosecution renews\u00a0Moaaz Rizk\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0detention for 15 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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