Egypt

Urgent action: Egypt. Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad on hunger strike.

UA: 254/11 Index: MDE 12/048/2011 Issue Date: 24 August 2011

Egyptian blogger and prisoner of conscience Maikel Nabil Sanad began a hunger strike today in protest against his continued imprisonment. Maikel Nabil Sanad is also refusing to take his medication, without which his health could be at risk. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action (bad news): Egyptian national Atef Rohyum Abd El Al Rohyum, executed

Further information on UA: 57/10 Index: MDE 12/014/2010 Issue Date: 12 March 2010

Amnesty International has just learnt that Atef Rohyum Abd El Al Rohyum was executed by hanging on 11 March. His family were not informed of his execution until they were asked to pick up the body. [ Lire la suite » ]


 

Urgent action (follow-up): Ibrahim Zautdinovich Mankiev at risk of torture if extradited to Russia

Further information on UA: 307/09 Index: MDE 12/034/2009 Issue Date: 3 December 2009

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Ibrahim Zautdinovich Mankiev, a 32-year-old Russian man of Ingush ethnicity, faces imminent extradition to Russia, where he would be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. He is being detained incommunicado in Egypt. [ Lire la suite » ]


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