{"id":34946,"date":"2023-08-01T15:47:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T12:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/?p=34946"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:50:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T12:50:11","slug":"aftes-newsletter-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/advocacy-en\/2023\/08\/01\/34946-afteegypt.html","title":{"rendered":"AFTE’s Newsletter: July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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In July, the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) monitored Egypt’s state and problems of freedom of expression. Through its various units’ activities, as AFTE\u00a0 issued reports and signed a joint statement with other human rights organizations.\u00a0<\/span>These activities take a\u00a0deeper look at the issues of freedom of expression currently raised and provided legal aid to prisoners of conscience.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In this paper<\/a>, AFTE sheds light on the violations that academics and students face aimed at completely controlling academic and student rights and freedoms inside and outside universities. These violations also aim to eliminate the independence of universities, the independence of decision-making, and the universities\u2019 participation in public affairs and political life in general. These violations included interferences by the executive authorities and the security services in administrative affairs and the selection of university leaders, the restriction of academic freedom, and the violation of student rights by eliminating the student movement in Egypt and the impact it had in demanding student regulations that represent university students and safeguard their rights and freedom.<\/p>\n<\/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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The “Imprisonment and abuse.. The legacy of the families and relatives of Egyptian dissidents living abroad and at home<\/a>” report is based primarily on seven testimonies from a number of Egyptian political opposition figures and human rights defenders residing outside and inside Egypt about the imprisonment and targeting of their families because of their political or human rights activities. The report relied further on a number of testimonies published on social media, as well as human rights statements and news published in this regard.<\/p>\n<\/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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AFTE and other international and local human rights organizations condemn, in a joint statement<\/a>, the three-year prison sentence handed down to human rights researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and academic Patrick George Zaki for his writings highlighting the hardship and discrimination faced by Coptic Christians in Egypt. the sentence was later annulled.<\/p>\n<\/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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–\u00a0Criminal Court renewed the detention of translator Marwa Arafa<\/a>, who\u2019s been detained for more than 3 years, for extra 45 days
\n–\u00a0 Despite spending more than 3 years in pre-trial detention, Cairo Criminal Court renewed journalist Karim Ebrahim<\/a>\u2019s detention for extra 45 days
\n–\u00a0Criminal Court renews Moataz Bellah Hasab Elnaby<\/a>\u2019s detention for 45 days against Facebook posts
\n–\u00a0After exceeding a year in pretrial detention; Criminal Court renews Hala Fahmy<\/a>\u2019s detention for 45 days
\n– Criminal Court renews Khaled Galal<\/a>\u2019s detention for 45 days
\n–\u00a0 AFTE files a lawsuit<\/a> on behalf of Ghada Ehab against the acting professions syndicate for refusing to register her in the syndicate without giving reasons
\n–\u00a0 Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of two Al-Ahly football club fans, Ahmed Shaker Abou Elrous, and Ali Othman Ali<\/a>, for 15 days
\n–\u00a0 Criminal Court renewed the detention of poet Galal Al-Behairi<\/a>, who\u2019s been detained for 5 years, for 45 days
\n– Criminal Court renews Mohamed Abdel Aal Abou El-Dahab<\/a>\u2019s detention for 45 days
\n–\u00a0 Criminal Court renews Mohamed Raafat Nasr<\/a>\u2019s detention for 45 days
\n–\u00a0 Criminal Court renews Mohamed Amer Abdel Azi<\/a>z\u2019s detention for 45 days
\n–\u00a0 After being physically assaulted; Criminal Court renews Ahmed Oraby<\/a>\u2019s detention for 45 days
\n– Criminal Court renewed the detention of Zamalek Football Club fan Mohamed Abdul Latif<\/a> for 45 days
\n– Supreme State Security Prosecution renews Dr. Hany Soliman<\/a>\u2019s detention for 15 days against opinion articles
\n– After being referred to the disciplinary council for demanding her husband\u2019s release, the Higher Technological Institute adjourns Manar Al-Tantawy<\/a>\u2019s disciplinary hearing to August 8
\n– Administrative Judiciary Court to examine AFTE\u2019s appeal against the acting professions syndicate<\/a> on August 6
\n– Criminal Court renews Sherif Elrouby<\/a>\u2019s detention for 45 days despite deterioration of his health condition, and the prison refused to dispense his medications
\n– Criminal Court renewed Nour Fayez Ebrahim\u2019s<\/a> detention for 45 days Because of discussions about monotheistic religions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n