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Egypt: Overcrowded prisons will become epicenters of coronavirus outbreak unless some detainees immediately released

By Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies – The signatory human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s reckless refusal to release select groups of detainees for the sake [...]

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Threat of jail looms over even mildest critics under Egyptian crackdown

By Ruth Michaelson – The Guardian Mohammed Abdellatif did not see himself as a political activist. As a dentist in Cairo, his concerns were focused on healthcare and issues such as a lack [...]

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Pompeo expresses ‘outrage’ over prisoner death in Egypt, rights groups call for Red Cross oversight

By Mada Masr – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed outrage over the death of Egyptian American dual national Mustafa Kassem while imprisoned in Egypt, calling the death “pointless [...]

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Egypt’s President Sisi is Facing Growing Pressure as Prisoners Continue Hunger Strike

By Jared Malsin – Wall Street Journal – CAIRO—More than 300 prisoners are staging a hunger strike in a Cairo prison to protest punishment beatings and other harsh treatment in [...]