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Police appeal of Khaled Saeed murder conviction postponed to November
Egypt

Police appeal of Khaled Saeed murder conviction postponed to November

The Court of Cassation adjourned Thursday the trial of two police officers who are appealing their conviction on charges of…
Clashes break out in court, detained film protesters allege torture
Egypt

Clashes break out in court, detained film protesters allege torture

Clashes broke out Tuesday afternoon between families of detainees and Central Security Forces in front of an Abdeen court, where…
Security official denies suspect killed by police torture
Egypt

Security official denies suspect killed by police torture

An Egyptian security official on Wednesday denied the involvement of police in the killing of a detainee late last week.…
Parliamentary committee approves harsher penalties for torture
Egypt

Parliamentary committee approves harsher penalties for torture

Parliament’s constitutional, legislative and human rights committees approved a draft law Monday that could amend how the country's courts prosecute…
Update: Hundreds in Cairo and Alexandria protest Sayed Bilal murder
Egypt

Update: Hundreds in Cairo and Alexandria protest Sayed Bilal murder

Hundreds demonstrated in Cairo and Alexandria Friday to commemorate the first anniversary of the alleged murder of Sayed Bilal at…
Residents storm New Valley Governorate headquarters to protest torture
Egypt

Residents storm New Valley Governorate headquarters to protest torture

Hundreds of residents of the New Valley Governorate stormed the local government headquarters to protest the torture of a Kharga…
Doctors say dead prisoner was poisoned, but not tortured
Egypt

Doctors say dead prisoner was poisoned, but not tortured

Doctors at the hospital in which the Tora Prison inmate, Essam Atta, 23, died, have concurred that he was poisoned,…
Rights organization accuses police of torturing prisoner to death
Egypt

Rights organization accuses police of torturing prisoner to death

The Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence has accused Tora prison guards of torturing a young man to…
Amnesty International wants military, police officers prosecuted over torture video
Egypt

Amnesty International wants military, police officers prosecuted over torture video

Amnesty International described a video of police and army officers torturing detainees that was recently released online as “deeply unsettling”…
Activists circulate video of police torture
Egypt

Activists circulate video of police torture

Internet activists are circulating a video showing about a dozen police and army forces torturing two detainees at Kordy police…
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