EGY - News

Egypt: 2 more arrested in Suez case

EGY - News | 01 September 2009
Alkarama has received new information regarding the case of 33 individuals arrested in Suez on 17 August 2009 accused of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned group under the State of Emergency Law of 1958.

Egypt: 15 arrested in Al-Bahira, Alkarama sends urgent appeal

EGY - News | 28 August 2009
Today, 28 August 2009, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the Special Rapporteur on Torture urging him to intervene with the Egyptian authorities in order to impede probable cases torture stemming from recent arrests in Al-Bahira.

Egypt: Continued campaign of arrests

EGY - News | 23 August 2009
Alkarama learned that 15 people were arrested at dawn on 20 August 2009. Members of the security services in Al-Buheiri accompanied by Special Forces belonging to the Central Police, forced their way into the homes of these men and arrested them. They are all currently being held in two of the security services' detention centers in Al-Buheiri.

Egypt: 33 people arrested in Suez by State Security

EGY - News | 21 August 2009
Alkarama has just received information from a reliable source that 33 people have been arrested in the governorate of Suez.

Egypt: Enforced disappearance of 16 Egyptian nationals, Alkarama sends urgent appeal

EGY - News | 19 August 2009
Alkarama has sent an urgent appeal today to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances asking it to intercede with the Egyptian authorities in the case of 16 Egyptian nationals who disappeared in Mansoura province between 2 and 26 July 2009, after being arrested by the Egyptian State Security Intelligence (SSI). These individuals were part of a larger group of 29 Egyptians national who also disappeared under similar circumstances on 2 July 2009.