April 4, 2018
Mass trials and the death penalty in Egypt
Mass trials have routinely led to death sentences, resulting in a dramatic expansion of Egypt’s…
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April 4, 2018
Article 122 – the loophole that allows death sentences for children
The arbitrary arrests, unfair trials, and illegal death sentences inflicted by the Egyptian government on…
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April 4, 2018
Egypt’s crackdown on dissent – and the two laws underpinning it
The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi launched his crackdown on human rights immediately after the…
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March 21, 2018
I was arrested in Cairo when I was 17 and faced the death penalty
I was arrested in Cairo when I was 17. I turned 18 in an Egyptian prison.…
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March 13, 2018
Gina Haspel is not fit to lead the CIA
President Trump has announced that he will nominate Gina Haspel, who previously oversaw a notoriously…
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March 7, 2018
Is Saudi Arabia really reforming?
Our analysis reveals that executions in Saudi Arabia have doubled under Mohammed bin Salman.
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March 7, 2018
Trump: publish your secret drones policy
We have joined with 12 leading human rights organizations to call on President Trump to…
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February 23, 2018
Three stories from Guantánamo
Today, three stories from Guantánamo - the heartwarming, the agonizing, and the vacuous. First, rare…
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February 23, 2018
A truly free man – some rare good news on Guantánamo
On 14th February 2018, Younous was acquitted of all charges in a Moroccan court. After 16 years,…
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February 19, 2018
Trump’s response – Guantánamo detention not indefinite, just indeterminate
The Trump administration has responded to our legal challenge by claiming that detention at Guantánamo is…
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