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Amid security vacuum, attacks on police stations repeated
Egypt

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

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’
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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