Egypt
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Politics
5/16/2012 2:23:42 PM
At Tuesday meeting with MPs, SCAF denies military personnel brutalised Abbasiya detainees; Over 300 prisoners threaten 20 May hunger strike to protest poor treatment in custody
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Egypt
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Politics
5/15/2012 12:57:43 PM
Detainees arrested at defence ministry clashes in Abbasiya pledge to join 16 inmates in hunger strike against arbitrary detention and military prosecution ; No to Military Trials campaign issues statement in solidarity
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World
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Region
5/14/2012 6:33:32 PM
A majority of Palestinian detainees end their hunger strike according to Palestinian, Egyptian and Israeli officials
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Egypt
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Politics
5/9/2012 5:28:00 PM
University student movements call for yet another march on Egypt's parliament building to push for release of student protesters arrested in last week's clashes outside defence ministry
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Egypt
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Politics
5/7/2012 12:12:00 PM
Marchers converge on Parliament to demand release of over 300 protesters detained by army on Friday following violent dispersal of sit-in protest against military rule in Abbasiya
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Multimedia
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5/7/2012 12:10:00 PM
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World
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Region
4/30/2012 2:06:56 PM
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch call on the UAE government to release all political detainees, following the arrest of two activists in Ras al-Khaimah emirate
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Egypt
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3/23/2012 5:06:08 PM
Protesters gather outside High Court in downtown Cairo on Friday to call for release of all political prisoners detained in Egypt since 18-day uprising that toppled strongman Mubarak
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Egypt
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Politics
3/12/2012 11:53:04 AM
Egypt's foreign ministry seeks release of Egyptians detained for entering Syria illegally
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Egypt
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Politics
3/11/2012 7:23:00 PM
Cairo military court acquits doctor accused of carrying out 'virginity tests' on detainees after raid on Tahrir Square 9 March 2011
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World
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International
3/10/2012 4:04:56 PM
Afghani President Hamid Karzai says that five Taliban detainees held at the US Guantanamo Bay military prison have agreed to be transferred to Qatar as part of US efforts to pave the way for a political settlement with Taliban
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World
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Region
2/22/2012 5:26:11 PM
Following the 66-day hunger strike by West Bank activist Khader Adnan, Palestinian administrative detainees reject legitimacy of Israeli courts by announcing boycott, Palestinian Prisoner's Club say
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World
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Region
2/2/2012 12:06:13 PM
Relatives of Palestinian detainees in Israel hurl slippers at UN chief Ban Ki-moon's vehicle as he visits Gaza
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World
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Region
1/29/2012 3:33:52 PM
Bahraini rights groups claim that at least 14 detained prominent human rights activists and opposition leaders will stage a hunger strike in solidarity with pro-democracy protests
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Egypt
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1/17/2012 6:12:34 PM
Prisoners' association calls on incoming parliament to release all remaining political detainees jailed under former regime
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World
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Region
1/14/2012 1:52:31 PM
Tunisia Saturday granted an amnesty or conditional release from prison to 9,000 detainees to mark the first anniversary of the fall of despot Zine El Abidine Ben Ali,
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World
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Region
1/6/2012 4:11:40 PM
Tens of thousands of Yemeni demonstrators in Sanaa chant 'freedom to the detainees', who were arrested in almost a year against the ruling regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh
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World
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Region
1/5/2012 11:50:19 AM
Official Syrian news agency Sana says 552 prisoners involved in unrest but who "have no blood on their hands" are released
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Egypt
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Politics
12/30/2011 10:25:00 AM
The military's practice of subjecting female detainees to tests tantamount to sexual assault is now banned after a civilian court ruling Tuesday
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World
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Region
12/29/2011 6:43:29 PM
The Bahraini Public Prosecution accuses 5 police officers of killing 35 people and torturing 5 detainees to death while in custody during anti-regime protests in 2011, announcing their trial in January 2012
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