Egypt

Prominent Egyptian editor pardoned - 8 October 2008

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pardoned Ibrahim Eissa, who was charged with publishing information considered "damaging to the public interest and Egypt's

Video: Abu Omar, victim of rendition and secret detention - 24 June 2008

Abu Omar was rendered by US agents, via Germany, to Egypt, where he was held for nearly four years, including 14 months in secret detention.

Egypt continues to deport Eritrean asylum-seekers - 13 June 2008

Reports indicate that the Egyptian authorities have deported some 700 Eritrean asylum-seekers to Massawa in Eritrea, on special daily Egypt Air flights from Aswan In

Perversion of justice - 25 face jail in Egypt - 15 April 2008

An Egyptian military court sentenced 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood to jail on Tuesday - a verdict described by Amnesty International as a "perversion of justice".

Egypt: Sentences against Muslim Brothers a perversion of justice - 15 April 2008

“The prison sentences handed down by an Egyptian military court against 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood are a perversion of justice,” Amnes

Egypt: 117 NGOs Slam HIV-Based Arrests and Trials - Doctors Helping Police Denounced for Breaching Medical Ethics, Human Rights - 7 April 2008

As five more men face trial in Cairo on April 9 in a widening and dangerous police crackdown on people living with HIV/AIDS, 117 organizations worldwide working in the

Two more migrants killed at Egypt/Israel border - 28 March 2008

Two men believed to be from Côte d'Ivoire were shot dead by Egyptian security forces while trying to cross into Israel on Thursday.

Egyptian newspaper editor sentenced to six months - 27 March 2008

The editor of an Egyptian daily newspaper was been sentenced to six months in prison on Wednesday for writing about the health of the President.
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