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AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (18:25 August 2024)| Detention Renewed for 12 Defendants Including Translator and Cartoonist Ashraf Omar, Poet Galal ElBehairy, a Student, and a Child
AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (11:18 August 2024)| Detention Renewed for Strong Egypt Party Deputy Head Mohamed Al-Qassas, Journalist Khaled Mamdouh, and 3 Others; Hearing Set for Appeal Against Ahmed Samir Santawy’s Travel Ban
After exceeding a year in pretrial detention, the 4 students who created the “Batman Helwan” event were released under the guarantee of their residence among dozens of others
AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (4:11 August 2024)| Renewal of Detention for Cartoonist and Translator Ashraf Omar, Along with 8 Other Defendants, Including a Child and an Activist Imprisoned for 10 Years
AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (28 July: 4 August 2024)| Renewal Detention for 11 Persons, Including Journalist Khaled Mamdouh and 2 of Al-Ahly Club Fans
AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (21:28 July 2024)| A Journalist and a Cartoonist Detained After Forcibly Disappeared; Release of Two Students Who Found “Students for Palestine” and Detention Renewed for Two Others Supporting the Palestinian Case
AFTE Condemns the Enforced Disappearance of Journalist Khaled Mamdouh and Calls on The Ministry of Interior to Immediately Release him
AFTE condemns the enforced disappearance of activist Mahmoud Mohamed after the Ministry of Interior refuses to enforce the court's decision to release him
Two students disappeared four days ago: Their whereabouts should be revealed immediately, they should be released, and the agencies involved in their disappearance should be investigated
Human Rights Organizations condemn the targeting of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts and call for the protection of cultural institutions in Egypt
Human Rights Organizations Condemn Crackdown on Egyptian Journalists, and Warn of Widening Press Freedom Violations
Joint statement: Human rights organizations hold the Ministry of Interior responsible for the safety of Ahmed Douma and warn it against targeting him over his poetry
The First Quarterly Report on the State of Freedom of Expression in Egypt (From January 1 to March 30, 2024)
Human Rights Organizations condemn the targeting of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts and call for the protection of cultural institutions in Egypt
Human Rights Organizations Condemn Crackdown on Egyptian Journalists, and Warn of Widening Press Freedom Violations
AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (18:25 August 2024)| Detention Renewed for 12 Defendants Including Translator and Cartoonist Ashraf Omar, Poet Galal ElBehairy, a Student, and a Child
AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (11:18 August 2024)| Detention Renewed for Strong Egypt Party Deputy Head Mohamed Al-Qassas, Journalist Khaled Mamdouh, and 3 Others; Hearing Set for Appeal Against Ahmed Samir Santawy’s Travel Ban
After Being Arrested from her Home; a Woman Was Detained for Criticizing the President and Government Policies on Social Media
AFTE’s Weekly Legal Bulletin (4:11 August 2024)| Renewal of Detention for Cartoonist and Translator Ashraf Omar, Along with 8 Other Defendants, Including a Child and an Activist Imprisoned for 10 Years