Egyptian authorities reportedly detained hundreds of people in a nationwide crackdown following calls for anti-government protests.
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Concerns Remain As Egypt Frees Activists And Critics
Towards Ramadan’s end on April 24, Egyptian authorities freed about 40 unjustly detained, including journalists. But this changes nothing.
3 In Egypt Start Hunger Strike Against Indefinite Detention
On February 10 and 11, 2022, three Egyptian activists went on hunger strike to protest their lengthy pretrial incarceration.
Freed Activist Ramy Shaath Says Egypt Is ‘A Big Cell’
Egyptian-Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath denounced Egypt as “a big cell” weeks after his release from jail and departure for France.
Dissidents’ sentence confirms Egypt’s continuing crackdown
An Egyptian court Monday gave activist Alaa Abdel Fattah a 5 years prison term, the latest that seen him spend the last decade in prison.
Renewed Judicial Harassment Of Egypt’s Rights Defenders
As part of a decade-old criminal probe, Egyptian authorities summoned at least five human rights activists for questioning in July 2021.
Egypt Targets TikTokers And Digital Dissidents
There is a contradiction between Egypt’s rapid development of the digital economy and state control of the media, with arrests of tiktokers.
How The Arab Spring Has Been Misunderstood
Westerners’ interpretations of events and Arabs’ perceptions of themselves are still muddled a decade after the Arab Spring.
Egyptian Human Rights Activist Convicted On Bogus Charges
The conviction of Sanna Seif by an Egyptian court on bogus charges of false news aim to hide the government’s bad human rights record.
New Video Tells the Story of Exiled Egyptian Activists
In the ten years since Egyptians took to the streets to depose Hosni Mubarak, on-the-ground and online organizing has changed drastically.