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Virus hits Lebanese prison as inmates jockey for release
Middle East

Virus hits Lebanese prison as inmates jockey for release

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s largest prison grappled with an alarming coronavirus outbreak on Thursday as many inmates refused to take…
Muslim Brotherhood’s claims of Borg al-Arab prisoner maltreatment ‘groundless’: Ministry
Egypt

Muslim Brotherhood’s claims of Borg al-Arab prisoner maltreatment ‘groundless’: Ministry

A security source at the Ministry of Interior on Saturday said that claims from the Facebook page of a Muslim…
Families of Syria detainees hope for news amid US sanctions
Middle East

Families of Syria detainees hope for news amid US sanctions

BEIRUT (AP) — Alaa Arnous and his family found the photo of his father Mohammed online last week, the first…
Syria prison riot highlights Kurdish forces’ struggle with IS combatants
Middle East

Syria prison riot highlights Kurdish forces’ struggle with IS combatants

IS was defeated one year ago. But to this day, Kurdish forces are guarding thousands of former IS combatants. A…
Egypt organizes guided tour at Morsi’s prison after UN report slams “brutal” conditions
Egypt

Egypt organizes guided tour at Morsi’s prison after UN report slams “brutal” conditions

Egypt’s Interior Ministry organized a guided tour on Monday at the Tora jail complex for a group of MPs as…
Egypt court jails Muslim Brotherhood figures for life over prison break
Egypt

Egypt court jails Muslim Brotherhood figures for life over prison break

The Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday sentenced former Supreme Guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group Mohamed Badie, along with…
Turkey orders arrest of 128 military personnel over suspected Gulen links: Anadolu
Middle East

Turkey orders arrest of 128 military personnel over suspected Gulen links: Anadolu

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has ordered the arrest of 128 military personnel over suspected links to the network accused by…
Sisi’s initiative to free debtors from Egyptian prisons praised by many
Features/Interviews

Sisi’s initiative to free debtors from Egyptian prisons praised by many

  On the first day of Eid al-Adha, Egypt’s prisons released 683 men and women debtors after paying their debts,…
683 prisoners set free after ‘Tahya Misr’ fund clears their debts
Egypt

683 prisoners set free after ‘Tahya Misr’ fund clears their debts

  Egypt’s Prisons Authority on Monday released 683 prisoners after the Tahya Misr Fund (Long Live Egypt) helped clear all…
NCHR annual report recommends restriction of military trials, denies systematic torture
Egypt

NCHR annual report recommends restriction of military trials, denies systematic torture

The Egyptian National Council of Human Rights [NCHR] released on Wednesday its annual report on the period from April 2016…
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