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Legal and Trials

Joint Statement: Ahead of His Trial Hearing, Rights Groups Call for the Immediate Release of Photojournalist Hamdi El-Zaeem After Ten Years of Deprivation of Liberty

September 26, 2026

The undersigned organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately release photojournalist Hamdi Mokhtar...

Egypt: Detention of Novelist Peter Tawfik Kamel Over His Views and Literary Work Violates Freedom of Thought and Artistic Expression

September 18, 2026

Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) and Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF)...

Joint Statement | Egypt: After 100 Days, Omar Salah Marei’s Arbitrary Detention Must End

August 25, 2026

We, the undersigned organizations, renew our call for the immediate and unconditional release of...

Egypt : “Not Hostages”.. LDSF Condemns the Detention of Politician Amr Abdel Hady’s Brother and Calls for an End to Targeting Exiled Dissidents’ Families

August 19, 2026

Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) condemns the arrest of Egyptian citizen Ahmed Samir...

Egypt: LDSF Demands the Release of Writer and Novelist Peter Tawfik Kamal, Detained on Charges of Blasphemy

August 14, 2026

Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) condemns the continued detention of writer and novelist...

Ahead of Expected Appeal Judgment, Civil Society Organizations Globally Call for the Release of Ahmed Douma

July 9, 2026

The immediate and unconditional release Egyptian activist, poet, and political writer Ahmed Douma is...

Detention of filmmaker Omar Salah Marai renewed for the fourth time for 15 days pending investigation

June 22, 2026

Today, the Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the renewal of the pretrial detention of...

State Security Renews 15-Day Detention of Lawyer Mohamed Abu El-Diar

June 22, 2026

On 21 June 2026, the Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the renewal of the...

Joint statement: call for acceptance of Mohamed El-Baqer’s appeal and removal of his name from the “terrorists list”

June 11, 2026

The undersigned organizations condemn the continued inclusion of human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer on...

Omar Salah Marei’s Detention Renewed for 15 Days Pending Investigation Amid Continued Denial of Medical Care

June 8, 2026

The Supreme State Security Prosecution today decided to renew the detention of director Omar...