police torture
Anti-torture NGO closure ‘unconscionable’: HRW
Egypt
February 18, 2016
Anti-torture NGO closure ‘unconscionable’: HRW
Human Rights Watch has slammed Egyptian authorities for deciding to close down an NGO assisting victims of torture over unspecified…
Egypt to shut prominent NGO that documents alleged rights abuses: security sources
Egypt
February 18, 2016
Egypt to shut prominent NGO that documents alleged rights abuses: security sources
Egyptian authorities have ordered the closure of a prominent local non-governmental organisation that documents alleged human rights abuses and treats…
Egyptian policeman who killed man in custody jailed for 8 years
Egypt
February 10, 2016
Egyptian policeman who killed man in custody jailed for 8 years
A police officer in Egypt's eastern city of Ismailia has been sentenced to eight years in jail for beating a…
Officer accused of beating Ismailia vet to death remanded for 15 days
Egypt
December 16, 2015
Officer accused of beating Ismailia vet to death remanded for 15 days
Ismailia top prosecutor Islam Hamza renewed the detention of First Lieutenant Mohamed Ibrahim for 15 days pending investigation over charges…
Two Egyptian policemen jailed for torturing lawyer to death
Egypt
December 12, 2015
Two Egyptian policemen jailed for torturing lawyer to death
Two police officers were sentenced on Saturday to five years in jail by an Egyptian court for torturing a lawyer…
NGOs slam security violations on world human rights day
Egypt
December 10, 2015
NGOs slam security violations on world human rights day
A group of Egyptian NGOs slammed human rights violations by Egypt’s Interior Ministry, which saw a number of citizens subjected…
9 officers to stand trial over fatal torture of detainee
Egypt
December 10, 2015
9 officers to stand trial over fatal torture of detainee
Egypt’s General Prosecutor Nabil Sadeq has referred nine police officers from Luxor to criminal trial over charges of torturing a…
Center slams Interior Ministry’s reaction to torture claims
Egypt
December 8, 2015
Center slams Interior Ministry’s reaction to torture claims
A digital media freedom advocacy group has dismissed the Interior Ministry’s response to recent incidents of fatal torture of detainees…
Torture is not systematic: Sisi during Police Academy visit
Egypt
December 3, 2015
Torture is not systematic: Sisi during Police Academy visit
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Thursday that “individual” incidents of detainee torture by police should not be generalized as an…
13 prison deaths in November: NGO
Egypt
December 2, 2015
13 prison deaths in November: NGO
Deaths inside Egyptian prisons, due to torture and medical negligence, stood at 13 in November alone, a NGO said Wednesday,…