Four Egyptian newspaper editors convicted of publishing offences undera controversial press law have had their one-year prison sentencesoverturned by a Cairo Appea
A group of some 104 Eritrean asylum-seekers held in a detention facility in Nakhl, northern Sinai, could be forcibly returned to Eritrea in the next few days. The ...
Twenty-two people were sentenced on Monday by an emergency court inEgypt for their involvement in the violent protests of Mahalla, northof Cairo, in April 2008.
In this interview, Ahmad Seif el-Islam celebrates the 60th anniversary of the universal Declaration on Human Rights. He considers the role played by human rights ...
Ahmed Seif El-Islam Hamad is one of the defence lawyers for49 people who are being tried for alleged involvement in popular protests on 6 April 2008 insupport of ...
Migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees are regularly deprived of their liberty purely for administrative convenience. Many countries use detention to deter people ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 12/023/2008. 25 November 2008. Egypt: Amnesty International voices concern over pattern of reckless policing ...
