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Egypt: Rights defender at risk of forced return: Abdel Moneim Adam ...
11 May 2012

The Egyptian authorities have arrested a Darfuri refugee in Egypt and may forcibly return him to Sudan, apparently for his activism in support of refugees and migrants ...

Urgent Action       MDE 12/016/2012

Egypt: Protestors at risk of torture in Cairo
11 May 2012

At least 300 people are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment after their arrest by military and other forces. They may face unfair military trials after being ...

Urgent Action       MDE 12/015/2012

Egypt: Further information: Striking workers released
3 May 2012

Five Egyptian workers detained after participating in a strike were released without charge on 23 April 2012 after spending more than forty days in military custody ...

Urgent Action       MDE 12/013/2012

Wire, May/June 2012. Vol. 42, issue 03
1 May 2012

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Newsletter       NWS 21/003/2012

Wire, May/June 2012. Vol. 42, issue 03
1 May 2012

1) Up front: the night-crossing 2) Freedom of expression: China's defiant heart 3) Human rights talk: 'You can't just stand there and not act' 4) World Press Freedom ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/003/2012

Egypt must overturn prison sentence for actor accused of ' ...
25 April 2012

Egypt should overturn a ruling against leading actor Adel Imam, sentenced to three months prison for “insulting Islam".

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Egypt: Striking workers held by military police
19 April 2012

Five men working at the Sumid Arab Petroleum Pipeline Factory in the Egyptian port of Suez have been arrested after taking part in a strike. They may be prisoners ...

Urgent Action       MDE 12/011/2012

Egypt: Further information: Egyptian pro-democracy protester ...
18 April 2012

George Ramzi Nakhla was released on 25 March 2012. He reported that he was ill-treated by security forces while in detention and was not given adequate medical ...

Urgent Action       MDE 12/010/2012

Amnesty International | Clinton must reveal final recipient of ...
15 March 2012

The US Navy's Military Sealift Command this afternoon insisted that a cargo of weapons with explosives on the ship MV Schippersgracht's en route to Port Said would ...

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Amnesty International | Acquittal of Egyptian military doctor ...
11 March 2012

The acquittal of an Egyptian military doctor accused of carrying out forced "virginity tests" on women protesters is yet further proof that military courts are ...

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