Egyptian prisoners

Ahmed Douma behind bars
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt sentences poet Ahmed Douma to prison with labour

Douma was most recently arrested in April after publishing an article on prison conditions in Egypt.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 June, 2026
Rise in deaths inside Egyptian prisons
Egypt
World
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Egypt: Rights groups alarmed by increasing deaths of detainees

Adel Sabry
31 December, 2025
The death has once again raised concern at the treatment of detainees in Egyptian prisons [Getty]
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt detainee death adds to mounting rights violations

The New Arab Staff
11 December, 2025
Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah
Alaa Abdel Fattah
MENA
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Alaa's family urges freedom for political prisoners after pardon

Saleh Salem
22 September, 2025
Alaa Abdel Fattah has spent most of the past decade behind bars
Alaa Abdel Fattah
MENA
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Egypt completes draft presidential pardon for Alaa Abdel Fattah

The New Arab Staff
12 September, 2025
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Egypt
MENA
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Egypt expands prosecution's power with new Criminal Code

The New Arab
05 August, 2025
Laila Soueif, the mother of jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, at her home in Cairo, Egypt, 12 May 2025. [TNA]
Alaa Abdel Fatah
MENA
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Laila Soueif 'ready to die' for jailed son Alaa Abdel Fattah

The New Arab Staff
16 May, 2025
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Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Bassam Mortada on family, politics, and healing in Abo Zaabal 89

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

24 April, 2025
Mohamed Abou Huraira
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt rights groups urge action to save jailed hunger striker

The New Arab Staff
01 April, 2025
"Abdel-Fattah has already served his prison sentence and his continued imprisonment is unlawful," Egyptian MP Freddy al-Baiady told The New Arab.
Alaa Abdel-Fattah
MENA
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Egyptian MP urges 'righting errors' on Alaa Abdel-Fattah's case

Saleh Salem
04 March, 2025
Egypt has arrested thousands of political opponents since President Sisi's 2013 coup [Getty]
Egypt
MENA
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Egyptian political prisoner dies due to medical negligence

The New Arab Staff
02 March, 2025
Egypt prison [Getty]
Egypt
MENA
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Six political detainees die in Egyptian prisons in one week

The New Arab Staff
18 July, 2024
Egypt
MENA
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Egyptian poet El-Behairy survives suicide attempt in prison

Nabila El-Gaafary
18 September, 2023
Egyptian prisoners
MENA
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Inspection of Egypt’s prisons demanded after leaked videos

Nabila El-Gaafary
14 September, 2023
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Egypt
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Egypt's National Dialogue: What are the potential outcomes?

ACRPS
11 September, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Egyptian women face privacy violations in prison: group

Thaer Mansour
27 July, 2023
Al Jazeera TV Channel English-Language Launches
Al Jazeera
MENA
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Egypt adds Al Jazeera journalists to terrorism blacklist

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 July, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Two detainees reportedly die of medical negligence in Egypt

Thaer Mansour
16 May, 2023
Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi
MENA
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Jailed Egyptian rights lawyer's wife 'freed' after detention

Thaer Mansour
17 April, 2023
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Perspectives

Ramadan & remembering Yusuf the Prophet prisoner: Part 1

WQ AQ

Walaa Quisay & Asim Qureshi

17 April, 2023
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Ramadan
Perspectives

Ramadan: Rethinking zakat for Muslim political prisoners

Dr Asim Qureshi

Asim Qureshi

31 March, 2023