Prisons
Rights groups say anti-Islam film defendant being mistreated
Egypt
October 22, 2012
Rights groups say anti-Islam film defendant being mistreated
Egyptian rights group said on Monday a Coptic Christian on trial for posting online a video that ignited protests around…
Thousands in Georgia protest against prisoner abuse
World
September 19, 2012
Thousands in Georgia protest against prisoner abuse
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili vowed to punish those responsible for torturing and raping prisoners, after a video of abuse in…
Relatives of Port Said violence defendants protest
Egypt
August 31, 2012
Relatives of Port Said violence defendants protest
Dozens of relatives of the defendants in the Port Said football violence case stormed the Port Said security directorate Thursday…
Adl Party asks for release of political prisoners
Egypt
August 14, 2012
Adl Party asks for release of political prisoners
The Adl Party asked President Mohamed Morsy to release all political prisoners and reveal the reports of the fact-finding committees…
457 prisoners tried in military courts released after Morsy pardon
Egypt
July 23, 2012
457 prisoners tried in military courts released after Morsy pardon
Hundreds of prisoners were released Monday as part of President Mohamed Morsy’s pardon for civilians who had been tried before…
Your torture still shows on our bodies, Brothers tell Nasser’s defense minister
Egypt
July 3, 2012
Your torture still shows on our bodies, Brothers tell Nasser’s defense minister
In response to a message that Shams Badran, the defense minister under late President Gamal Abdel Nasser, sent to the…
In prisoners’ long plea, empty stomachs raise the case
Egypt
May 9, 2012
In prisoners’ long plea, empty stomachs raise the case
Laila Soueif, a long-time Egyptian activist in her 50s and assistant professor at Cairo University, chuckles softly and humbly at…
SCAF pardons 952 inmates on occasion of Eid al-Adha
Egypt
November 4, 2011
SCAF pardons 952 inmates on occasion of Eid al-Adha
The prisons department of the Interior Ministry Friday pardoned 952 prisoners, who had applied for pardon in prisons nationwide, for…
Palestine’s battle of empty stomachs
Opinion
October 14, 2011
Palestine’s battle of empty stomachs
You may or may not have heard that a number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been on a…
Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike resonates worldwide
Egypt
October 14, 2011
Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike resonates worldwide
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons are currently on the 18th day of a hunger strike that began…