Latest Updates

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (1:8 September 2024)| Release of 2 Defendants, Including Doctor Hany Soliman, and Renewal of Detention for 12 Others, Including a Child and 3 Students

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (25 August:1 September 2024)| T-Shirt Detainee Released After 3 Years in Prison, and Detention Renewed for 5 People Including a Mother of Two 

AFTE’s Newsletter: August 2024

Egypt: Reforming arbitrary pretrial detention requires political will over legal formalities

Policy Papers

Selecting university leaders within the framework of University autonomy

Position Papers

Point of order “Speech doesn’t go to court”

Viewership research and promotion of competitiveness in the media

The National Center for Translation: Towards decentralized culture

What’s next?! (Position paper on the amendment of the art-centric syndicates law)

Forbidden criticism .. Does Mido deserve accountability and punishment?

Policy Papers

Selecting university leaders within the framework of University autonomy

Position Papers

Point of order “Speech doesn’t go to court”

Most Read

Top secret .. How did laws restrict the circulation of information in Egypt?

Blocked Websites List

Decision from an Unknown Body: On blocking websites in Egypt

The files of detained journalists, creators and acadiemics

Detained Academics

Detained Journalists

Detained Creators

Legal news

Criminal Court renews the detention of the human rights lawyer Ahmed Nazeer El-Helw for 45 days after more than one year and a half in pre-trial detention

Criminal court renews the detention of student Ahmed El-Toukhy for 45 days in his second case

Criminal Court renews the detention of Ahmed Abostit for demonstrating in solidarity with Palestine for 45 days

Doctor Hany Soliman Released After a Year and a Half in Detention for Criticizing the Regime

Weekly Legal Bulletin

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (25 August:1 September 2024)| T-Shirt Detainee Released After 3 Years in Prison, and Detention Renewed for 5 People Including a Mother of Two 

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (18:25 August 2024)| Detention Renewed for 12 Defendants Including Translator and Cartoonist Ashraf Omar, Poet Galal ElBehairy, a Student, and a Child

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (11:18 August 2024)| Detention Renewed  for Strong Egypt Party Deputy Head Mohamed Al-Qassas, Journalist Khaled Mamdouh, and 3 Others; Hearing Set for Appeal Against Ahmed Samir Santawy’s Travel Ban

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (4:11 August 2024)| Renewal of Detention for Cartoonist and Translator Ashraf Omar, Along with 8 Other Defendants, Including a Child and an Activist Imprisoned for 10 Years

Monthly Newsletter

AFTE’s Newsletter: July 2024

AFTE’s Newsletter: June 2024

AFTE’s Newsletter: May 2024

AFTE’s Newsletter: April 2024

Statements

AFTE Condemns the Enforced Disappearance of Journalist Khaled Mamdouh and Calls on The Ministry of Interior to Immediately Release him

AFTE condemns the enforced disappearance of activist Mahmoud Mohamed after the Ministry of Interior refuses to enforce the court's decision to release him

Two students disappeared four days ago: Their whereabouts should be revealed immediately, they should be released, and the agencies involved in their disappearance should be investigated

Joint statements

Human Rights Organizations condemn the targeting of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts and call for the protection of cultural institutions in Egypt

Human Rights Organizations Condemn Crackdown on Egyptian Journalists, and Warn of Widening Press Freedom Violations

Joint statement: Human rights organizations hold the Ministry of Interior responsible for the safety of Ahmed Douma and warn it against targeting him over his poetry

Further Publications

Research

Restricting creative freedom in the context of Afrocentrism

The second quarterly report on the state of freedom of expression in Egypt (1 April – 30 June 2024)

Fact Sheet: Prisoner of Conscience Mohamed Oxygen

The First Quarterly Report on the State of Freedom of Expression in Egypt (From January 1 to March 30, 2024)

Advocacy

AFTE’s Newsletter: August 2024

Egypt: Reforming arbitrary pretrial detention requires political will over legal formalities

Human Rights Organizations condemn the targeting of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts and call for the protection of cultural institutions in Egypt

Human Rights Organizations Condemn Crackdown on Egyptian Journalists, and Warn of Widening Press Freedom Violations

Legal Updates

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (1:8 September 2024)| Release of 2 Defendants, Including Doctor Hany Soliman, and Renewal of Detention for 12 Others, Including a Child and 3 Students

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (25 August:1 September 2024)| T-Shirt Detainee Released After 3 Years in Prison, and Detention Renewed for 5 People Including a Mother of Two 

AFTE’s Newsletter: August 2024

Detention Renewed for a Mother of Two Due to Facebook Posts on Power Outages

AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (18:25 August 2024)| Detention Renewed for 12 Defendants Including Translator and Cartoonist Ashraf Omar, Poet Galal ElBehairy, a Student, and a Child

Legislations

Draft of Access to Information Law 2023 submitted by AFTE to the national dialogue

Egyptian judicial rulings and freedom of information

Pretrial detention in Egyptian legislation

Open Access.. Arab regional lessons drawn from information access laws in Jordan and Tunisia

Top secret .. How did laws restrict the circulation of information in Egypt?