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Amid security vacuum, attacks on police stations repeated
Egypt
February 4, 2012
Amid security vacuum, attacks on police stations repeated
In the past two days four attacks on police stations have taken place amid nationwide unrest in the wake of a football…
Prisoner dies during mass escape attempt from Ismailia prison
Egypt
February 4, 2012
Prisoner dies during mass escape attempt from Ismailia prison
The security services foiled a mass escape attempt at Mostaqbal Public Prison in Ismailia's Mostaqbal City on Saturday morning, after an inmate…
One year into the revolution, revisiting ‘Policing and Prisons in the Middle East’
Books
January 24, 2012
One year into the revolution, revisiting ‘Policing and Prisons in the Middle East’
As the revolution's first-year anniversary approaches on 25 January, a national holiday that usually commemorates Police Day, a book on…
Egypt’s ‘most dangerous man’ eludes capture once again
Egypt
January 16, 2012
Egypt’s ‘most dangerous man’ eludes capture once again
Yasser al-Hambouly, who has been the subject of intense media attention since he fled prison in late January, managed to…
Rights group appeals to UN in fight against prisoner abuse
Egypt
December 26, 2011
Rights group appeals to UN in fight against prisoner abuse
In letters sent to the UN and the African Commission, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) is asking them…
Freedom Waves activists remain in Israeli custody
Egypt
November 6, 2011
Freedom Waves activists remain in Israeli custody
Israel is still holding activists and journalists on board the Freedom Waves boats to Gaza, which were intercepted and caught…
Sunday’s papers: A familiar post-revolution Eid al-Adha
Egypt
November 6, 2011
Sunday’s papers: A familiar post-revolution Eid al-Adha
While the papers gloat in the details of the first Eid Al-Adha that the leading figures of the fallen regime…
No signs of torture on dead prisoner, investigators claim
Egypt
October 29, 2011
No signs of torture on dead prisoner, investigators claim
Preliminary investigations into the death of Essam Ali Atta, 23, whose family say he was tortured to death in prison…
Rights group demands heavier sentence in Khaled Saeed case
Egypt
October 27, 2011
Rights group demands heavier sentence in Khaled Saeed case
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) has called on the general prosecutor to appeal the court verdict which sentenced…
Imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil admitted to mental hospital
Egypt
October 23, 2011
Imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil admitted to mental hospital
The Interior Ministry’s prisons administration on Sunday ordered the admission of blogger and activist Maikel Nabil, who has been on…