Egypt: Article 55 Coalition demands international inspection of prisons after leaked videos

13/09/2023

Recent video leaks showcasing the conditions within the Badr Prison Complex—a facility often presented by Egyptian officials as a model prison —have spotlighted the magnitude […]

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Egypt: Article 55 Coalition documents 19 violations in July against detainees in prisons and detention centers

18/08/2023

The member organizations of the Article 55 Coalition have issued a bulletin on the violations documented in prisons and detention centers in Egypt, during the […]

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Egypt: Article 55 Coalition condemns killing of Egyptian citizen at Cairo’s Dar Al-Salam police station; urges Penal Code review to criminalize torture

14/08/2023

The Article 55 Coalition was formed to protect the dignity and humanity of the Egyptian citizens in detention centers, rehabilitation centers, and prisons. This reflects […]

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Egypt: Article 55 Coalition documents 18 violations in June against detainees in prisons and detention centers

21/07/2023

Press release By: CFJ Geneva: July 19, 2023   The member organizations of the Article 55 Coalition have issued a bulletin on the violations documented […]

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Article 55 Coalition calls for investigation into Egyptian citizen’s death due to torture, demands accountability

20/07/2023

The cases of Egyptian citizens losing their lives as a result of torture in detention centers, prisons, and secret headquarters of the National Security Agency […]

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Egypt: Detainees in Abu Zaabal Prison to hold general strike due to overcrowding and human rights abuses

09/06/2023

A leaked letter from detainees at the Abu Zaabal prison, situated approximately 30 km northeast of Cairo, has brought to light severe violations committed against […]

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Joint statement: Egypt turned new Badr prison into ‘human slaughterhouses’

11/04/2023

The undersigned organizations and campaigns express their deep concern over the leaked messages from inside the Badr Prison Complex. The letters reveal horrors committed against […]

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Egypt: New Wadi al-Natrun prison an attempt to beautify, not reverse violations 

01/11/2021

Egypt’s launch of the new Wadi al-Natrun prison and its promotion of it to foreign and local observers is part of the state’s propaganda to […]

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Egypt does not need more prisons

20/09/2021

The undersigned organizations and campaigns condemn statements by the Egyptian President Abdelfattah el-Sisi, who has denied the existence of human rights violations in Egypt while […]

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Egypt: Deaths in custody increase due to deliberate neglect

18/08/2021

The high incidence of deaths in detention centres and prisons in Egypt is evidence of the level of neglect that these detention centres and prisons […]

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Egypt: Changing prison authority’s name is ‘propaganda’ as rights violations continue

03/08/2021

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior’s decision to change the name of the Prisons Authority to the Community Protection Authority will do nothing to change the fact […]

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Egypt: Prisoner hunger strikes expose the interior ministry’s propaganda

16/07/2021

A number of prisoners of conscience in Egypt have started a hunger strike in protest at the violations they are exposed to and their poor […]

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Egypt: Confirmation of Rabaa death sentences another blow to the politicized justice system

16/06/2021

The undersigned campaigns and human rights organizations condemn the mass death sentences upheld earlier this week by the Cassation Court in the Rabaa Dispersal case, […]

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