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Names of 16 Dakahlia Citizens Taken by Junta Forces in Egypt in Just Two Days

Activists on social networking websites documented the forced disappearance of 16 citizens from Egypt’s Dakahlia Province after ferocious junta security raids, on September 16 and 17. Those ‘disappeared’ citizens are:

Lawyers Statement on Coup Security Kidnapping, Disappearance of Mohamed Sadek

The undersigned condemn, in the strongest terms, the continued escalation by the Interior Ministry and security apparatuses of the oppressive policy that aims to terrorize and intimidate lawyers and defenders

Muslim Brotherhood Leader’s Eyewitness Account of Aqrab Prison Atrocities

Shehab Center for Human Rights documents a true testimony given by Gehad Al-Haddad's wife, through Muslim Brotherhood leader Dr Essam Al-Haddad's wife, about the lawlessness and violations suffered by political

Coup Prison Authorities in Aqrab Detainee Starvation, Brutality Campaign

The junta regime in Cairo intensifies its brutality campaign against political prisoners in Egypt's own Guantanamo.

Tora Prison Detainees Urge Resilience, Revolutionary Unity

A message from the detainees at the notorious high-security Tora Prison Complex, on Sinai Liberation Day (April 25), exhorts all patriotic Egyptians to close ranks, oust the junta regime, and

My Visit to My Husband in Aqrab Prison

A heart-rending account of a young wife's visit to her political prisoner husband held by military junta authorities in Egypt's most notorious 'Supermax' jail, where not only inmates but also

Rights Organization Urges International Bodies to Help Stop Brutal Violations in Egyptian Prisons

The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain details coup authorities' documented violations at Aqrab Prison, and urges relevant rights bodies to visit Egyptian jails to help stop atrocities committed

Rights Organization Condemns Interior Ministry Death Threats to Aqrab Prison Detainees

An Egyptian NGO urges judicial authorities to take prompt action to prevent state-sponsored killing of political prisoners threatened by Interior Ministry officials.

Interior Ministry Threatens to Kill Hunger-Striking Political Detainees

As Aqrab political prisoners continue a hunger-strike, protesting extreme ill-treatment, humiliation and medical neglect, junta officials threaten extra-judicial executions of strikers.

Political Prisoners’ Families: Aqrab Prison Hunger-Strikers Protest Persistent, Escalating Violations

Aqrab Detainees Families Association issues a statement detailing current hunger-strike steps and demands.