Police Abuse

Nine Egyptian policemen have been arrested in an investigation into the death of a man in police custody in Luxor,…

The Justice Ministry has drafted new legislation that would impose harsher punishments for police torture. The bill stipulates that in…

  Eleven human rights organizations released a joint statement Thursday condemning "the continuing crimes of sexual harassment of women," accusing…

Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin wants policemen suspected in assaulting Transportation Ministry workers at Cairo rail station Wednesday to be…

A lawyer challenged Thursday the testimony of the sole witness in one a case involving the killing of protesters outside…

An international human rights watchdog on Monday urged Egypt's new parliament to scrap laws dating from the Mubarak regime that…

The police officer charged with intentionally targeting protesters’ eyes during clashes that erupted two weeks ago near Tahrir Square has…

Doctors at the hospital in which the Tora Prison inmate, Essam Atta, 23, died, have concurred that he was poisoned,…

The Alexandria public prosecutor has ordered the detention of Mohamed al-Shimy, a police officer from the National Security Apparatus, for…

Egypt’s celebration of the first international anti-torture day after the resignation of former President Hosni Mubarak and the dismantling of…