detained activists
Activist Malek Adly remanded for 15 days, faces subversion, protest charges
Egypt
May 6, 2016
Activist Malek Adly remanded for 15 days, faces subversion, protest charges
Prosecutors in Shubra al-Khaima, headed by Judge Mohamed Abdel Rahman, have ordered that rights activist and lawyer Malek Adly be…
Political activist Sanaa Seif sentenced to 6 months for ‘insulting judiciary’
Egypt
May 5, 2016
Political activist Sanaa Seif sentenced to 6 months for ‘insulting judiciary’
A Cairo court sentenced on Wednesday political activist Sanaa Seif for six months for "insulting the judiciary" while the prominent…
April 6 hunger strikes to demand activists’ release
Egypt
April 12, 2013
April 6 hunger strikes to demand activists’ release
Thirty members of the April 6 Youth Movement declared a hunger strike on Thursday evening in protest against the detention…