Egypt extended Hassan Abdalla’s leadership of the central bank into a fourth year, sending a signal of continuity to foreign ...

Just one week after Dr. Laila Soueif ended her 10-month hunger strike, an Egyptian court has removed her son, ...

Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah was questioned on 4 August by the Supreme State Security Prosecutor, a ...

An Egyptian court has removed a prominent jailed activist from the country's terrorism list amid scrutiny over Egypt’s human rights record under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

The Badr Criminal Court in Egypt on Monday has chosen to remove the name of political activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah from the terrorist list, and ordered the decision to be published in the Egyptian ...

A Cairo criminal court has ordered the removal of seven individuals—including prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah—from Egypt’s terrorism list, human rights lawyer Khaled ...

The UN has declared Alaa Abdel-Fattah's imprisonment illegal, urging Egypt to release him and provide reparations. His mother's health is deteriorating during her hunger strike, prompting ...

A new UN report, the UK and human rights organizations call for the release of Egypt's most prominent detainee. After around 250 days of hunger strike, Alaa Abdel-Fattah's mother is in a life ...

Citing a new UN finding of unlawful detention, IFEX and allies urge UK action to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah and address his mother Laila Soueif’s critical health.

British-Egyptian prisoner and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has fallen ill after marking 50 days of a hunger strike, his family have reported. Abd el-Fattah, who launched a hunger strike on 1 March ...

Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent writer and pro-democracy activist, is one of Egypt’s highest-profile prisoners. Laila Soueif, his mother, a math professor and human rights activist, was ...