detainees
Saudi women activists’ trials to continue after 3rd hearing
Middle East
April 4, 2019
Saudi women activists’ trials to continue after 3rd hearing
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nearly a dozen Saudi women’s rights activists, most of them imprisoned, attended their third…
Egyptian detainees released in Iran: Foreign Ministry
Egypt
March 8, 2019
Egyptian detainees released in Iran: Foreign Ministry
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry stated on Friday that Iran released two Egyptian nationals after the ministry completed the legal measures for…
UN wants Syria to account for war dead, detainees
Middle East
November 29, 2018
UN wants Syria to account for war dead, detainees
The UN has called on the Syrian government to provide information about thousands of detained and missing people. “Now…
Presidential Pardon Committee close to concluding task: members
Egypt
November 8, 2017
Presidential Pardon Committee close to concluding task: members
The presidential committee formed to examine cases of young Egyptians detained since the events that followed the January 25 revolution…
Presidential committee drafting new list for youth detainees to be pardoned
Egypt
September 28, 2017
Presidential committee drafting new list for youth detainees to be pardoned
A presidential committee formed to examine cases of young Egyptians detained since the events that followed the January 25…
High Court upholds earlier verdict against 4 police officers in death by torture case, after 8 years
Egypt
May 23, 2017
High Court upholds earlier verdict against 4 police officers in death by torture case, after 8 years
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Tuesday rejected the appeal of four police officers against a court ruling sentencing them to…
203 young prisoners pardoned by president: sources
Egypt
March 13, 2017
203 young prisoners pardoned by president: sources
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 203 young inmates who were handed final verdicts for protesting. Informed sources reported earlier…
149 prisoners released in accordance to presidential decree
Egypt
January 5, 2017
149 prisoners released in accordance to presidential decree
The Interior Ministry released on Thursday 149 detainees who have been pardoned by a presidential decree.Head of the Prisons Sector…
Kafr al-Sheikh governor: LE32,000 to familes of fishermen detained in Saudi Arabia
Egypt
December 7, 2016
Kafr al-Sheikh governor: LE32,000 to familes of fishermen detained in Saudi Arabia
Kafr al-Sheikh governor al-Sayyed Nasr announced the allocation of LE1,000 for each of the families of 32 detained fishermen in…
Sisi to pardon 400 youth detainees within days, official
Egypt
December 7, 2016
Sisi to pardon 400 youth detainees within days, official
The chairman of the presidential committee formed to examine the cases of young Egyptian detainees, Osama al-Ghazaly Harb, said Tuesday…