Thousands of activists marched to al-Ittihadiyya presidential palace in Cairo on 26 April to demand the release of political prisoners and against law which criminalise protest. Tens of thousands of Egyptians have disappeared into the prison system during the crackdown of recent months. Unknown numbers are being held without the knowledge of their families or…
According to the Revolutionary Socialists Twitter account, Alexandrian activist Mahienour el-Masry has been released by prosecutors pending a hearing on 20 May to determine sentencing. Read more here about her arrest and trial for breaking the anti protest laws.
Update: 12 April – Mahienour al-Masry released pending a sentencing hearing on 20 May in connection with her case for breaking the anti-protest laws. Revolutionary Socialist activist Mahienour el-Masry has been arrested in Alexandria and is currently being interrogated by prosecutors, the Revolutionary Socialists said on their Twitter account last night. Mahienour, a well known…
Women activists took to the streets on 8 March to call for the release of women political prisoners in Egypt. A demonstration organised by the Revolutionaries Coalition marched on the headquarters of the National Council for Women in Giza to demand the release of women detainees.
Members of the April 6 Youth Movement have made further allegations against Egypt’s security agencies, detailing torture against 42 “political detainees” held in a central security camp near Cairo. Mohamed Kamal, one of the officers of the movement, says that despite denials by the Interior Ministry detainees said to be held because of their political…
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