Police Abuse
Activist who alleges abuse to meet with interior minister
Egypt
June 10, 2011
Activist who alleges abuse to meet with interior minister
Salma al-Sawy, the political activist that claimed officers of the National Security Agency (NSA) assaulted and beat her, said the…
Student reportedly killed by police officer in Fayoum
Egypt
June 9, 2011
Student reportedly killed by police officer in Fayoum
A police officer killed a student in a village in Fayoum, southwest of Cairo, on Wednesday, reported independent news website…
Police fired at us even though we had surrendered, say protesters
Egypt
March 1, 2011
Police fired at us even though we had surrendered, say protesters
Protesters injured in the city of Suez during the 25 January revolution told prosecutors that the police had randomly fired…
The making of a police state: From the battle of Ismailiya to Khaled Saeed
Egypt
January 27, 2011
The making of a police state: From the battle of Ismailiya to Khaled Saeed
A poignant video circulated online among Egyptian activists in the days leading up to 25 January, or Egypt’s Police Day.…
Rights group decries police pressure on alleged torture victim’s family
Egypt
January 11, 2011
Rights group decries police pressure on alleged torture victim’s family
International rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to order police to stop intimidating the family of a…
Cleared of drug charges, journo freed 12 days after release order
Egypt
November 29, 2010
Cleared of drug charges, journo freed 12 days after release order
Authorities have released an independent journalist from jail 12 days after he was cleared of drug possession charges.Security forces arrested…
EOHR: Darfur refugees subject to ‘deplorable conditions’ by Egyptian police
Egypt
September 2, 2010
EOHR: Darfur refugees subject to ‘deplorable conditions’ by Egyptian police
The Cairo-based Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) on Thursday denounced the "deplorable treatment" of Darfurian refugees in Egypt at…
Microbus driver referred to state security court
Egypt
August 11, 2010
Microbus driver referred to state security court
Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud has referred Emad al-Kabir and his cousin Mohamed Abdel Rahman to the Emergency Supreme State…
MP accuses govt of taking citizens ‘hostage’
Egypt
April 18, 2010
MP accuses govt of taking citizens ‘hostage’
Muslim Brotherhood member of the People's Assembly Hussein Ibrahim accused the government yesterday of taking citizens hostage, saying that when…