Egyptian Jails

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Egyptian officer: The Palestinian detainees subjected to exceptional torture

An Egyptian state security officer said, on condition of anonymity, that the Palestinian prisoners in Egyptian jails are exposed to unprecedented special torture and are living in harsher incarceration conditions

Abu Zuhri: Conditions of Palestinian detainees in Egyptian jails catastrophic

Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, described the conditions of Palestinian detainees in Egyptian jails as catastrophic and could no longer be tolerated.

Lawyer pushes for jail reform in Egypt

Over the past 10 years, conditions in Egypt’s notorious jails have been steadily improving, said Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsoud, a lawyer for the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist political organisation.

Egyptian state security electrocuted Abu Zuhri

Yousef Abu Zuhri, the brother of Hamas's spokesman in Gaza Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, has been killed in the Egyptian state security jails as a result of repeated, severe electric

MB leaders ill after 3 day hunger strike

MB leaders Dr. Gamal Heshmat and Eng. Ossama Suleiman have shown signs of severe fatigue after staging a hunger strike in response to the unjust and harsh treatment by security

Appeals against arrests of 89 MB members

The defense team for the MB detainees, appealed to the Attorney General for Detainees Affairs against the Interior Minister's decision to arrest 89 MB members.

Renewed detention for 18 MB; another breach in constitution

For the fifth consecutive time a renewed detention order has been issued to 18 members of the Muslim Brotherhood.The order which would keep the detainees in custody a further 15

Mohamed Salah el-Sanousi tortured and arrested for the second time

El-Sanousi’s mother challenged the warrant in Criminal Court which ruled in her favour however the verdict was defied and el-Sanousi was arrested and tortured once again.

Palestinian prisoner in Egyptian jail in serious health condition

The families of Palestinian prisoners in Egyptian jails called on Egypt to release prisoner Mohamed Al-Sayyed from Abu Zaabal prison after his health condition seriously deteriorated as a result of

MB deputy chairman Ezzat: We will continue our call for reform

Dr Mahmoud Ezzat confirmed to Ikhwanweb that they would continue in their cause stressing that Islam was a blessing which should be appreciated.