Armed Islamic groups in Egypt are increasingly responsible for human rights abuses. Recent civilian targets have included tourists, Coptic Christians and intellectuals ...
Ahmad Ibrahim al-Sayyid al-Naggar is at imminent risk of execution after being forcibly returned to Egypt by the Albanian authorities along with Mohammad Huda, ...
On 22 July 1998 a Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Madiha Hassan Khattab to death. Her death sentence has now been passed for approval to the Mufti, the highest religious ...
‘Abd al-Mun'im Gamal al-Din ‘Abd al-Mun'im has reportedly stopped his hunger strike and has now been transferred from prison to Tora Penitentiary hospital in Cairo ...
Magdi Ahmad Hussain and Mohammad Hilal were released from detention on 3 July 1998 after their sentences for libel were overturned by the Court of Cassation.
Magdi Hamed Thabit's death sentence has been commuted into a life sentence with forced labour. Ussama Mohammad Thabit and Saber ‘Ali Abu-Zeid remain under sentence ...
Mohammad Fathi 'Abd al-'Azim and Mahmoud Mostafa Sulaymanwere excuted on 11 June 1998. They were originally acquitted of charges against them after the court ruled ...
Amnesty International has just learned that 'Abd al-Mun'im Gamal al-Din ‘Abd al-Mun'im's already grave health condition has deteriorated seriously since he began ...