Egyptian prisoners
Egypt parliament mulls banning prison visitation for ‘terrorists’
Egypt
December 25, 2017
Egypt parliament mulls banning prison visitation for ‘terrorists’
House of Representatives speaker Ali Abdel Aal on Sunday referred a bill with amendments on Egypt’s Prison Law 396 of…
FM says 76 Egyptians imprisoned in Israel
Egypt
June 10, 2013
FM says 76 Egyptians imprisoned in Israel
Foreign Ministry officials have claimed 76 Egyptians are currently being detained in Israeli jails, citing the latest statistics following a…
Protesters outside Saudi consulate recount prison abuse
Egypt
November 6, 2012
Protesters outside Saudi consulate recount prison abuse
Families and friends of Egyptian detainees languishing in Saudi prisons launched an open-ended sit-in outside the kingdom’s embassy in Giza…
Saudi prosecutors demand death sentence for Egyptian lawyer Gizawy
Egypt
July 17, 2012
Saudi prosecutors demand death sentence for Egyptian lawyer Gizawy
Saudi prosecutors have requested the death penalty for an Egyptian lawyer charged with smuggling illicit drugs to the Kingdom…
Wife of lawyer detained in Saudi Arabia hopes Morsy will free him
Egypt
July 10, 2012
Wife of lawyer detained in Saudi Arabia hopes Morsy will free him
The wife of Egyptian lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawy, who is detained in Saudi Arabia on drug-related charges, voiced her hope that…
Rights lawyer is only one of thousands of Egyptians languishing in Saudi prisons
Egypt
April 29, 2012
Rights lawyer is only one of thousands of Egyptians languishing in Saudi prisons
The detention of Egyptian human rights lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawy by authorities in Saudi Arabia last week spurred popular outrage that…
Ambassador: No Egyptian political prisoners in Saudi Arabia
Egypt
February 16, 2012
Ambassador: No Egyptian political prisoners in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Ambassador to Cairo Ahmed Abdel-Aziz al-Qattan on Thursday denied that there are Egyptian political prisoners in Saudi Arabia. Qattan,…
Egypt negotiating swap of Ilan Grapel for 81 Egyptians held in Israel
Egypt
October 12, 2011
Egypt negotiating swap of Ilan Grapel for 81 Egyptians held in Israel
Informed Egyptian sources claim that Cairo and Tel Aviv are in negotiations for the release Ilan Grapel, an Israeli citizen…