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Egyptian authorities have systematically denied scores of dissidents and activists living abroad from accessing or renewing their identity documents, to pressure them into returning to Egypt, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed. In a report released on Monday, the New York-based rights group said...

Egypt announced late on November 24 the release of 30 political activists from jail, the latest in a series of mass releases from detention amid intensifying international scrutiny over the country's human rights record. Since 2013, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's government has cracked...

British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has told his family in a letter that he has ended a seven-month hunger strike in prison in Egypt. "At one level, a very basic level, [I am] relieved. But at another level I am even more worried," said Mona Seif, Abdel Fattah's sister. "Alaa...

The life of jailed hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah is in great danger, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said, renewing a call for Egypt to immediately release him. Abd el-Fattah, a prominent activist who is a dual British and Egyptian citizen, has been jailed since...

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has said his office would investigate reports of a mass grave in central Israel containing the bodies of Egyptian commandos who were killed during the 1967 Middle East war. Lapid’s office said on Sunday that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had brought up the...

Detainees seen in videos allegedly showing torture in a Cairo police station inflicted their injuries on themselves, according to Egyptian authorities, who have charged the prisoners with spreading “fake news.” Up to 13 people detained in El-Salam First police station for unknown petty crimes made...

The Biden administration on Tuesday approved a massive $2.5 billion arms sale to Egypt despite ongoing concerns over human rights. The State Department said Tuesday's sales were unrelated to $130 million in foreign military financing that was frozen in September and remains in limbo. But the size of...

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, one of Egypt’s last independent rights groups, has shut down. The organization documented violations against citizens, journalists, and political prisoners in Egypt and the region. It also followed the increasing government intimidation and targeting...