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

June 22, 2026 0

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

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

June 22, 2026 0

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

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Omani Authorities Allow Egyptian Activist Mariam Abdelbasette to Return to Her Residence with Her Newborn Baby

June 7, 2026 0

Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) announces a positive development in the case of...

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

June 7, 2026 0

On 7 June 2026, the Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the renewal of the...

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Court Sentences Activist Ahmed Douma to One Year in Prison with Immediate Effect Over His Public Views

June 3, 2026 0

The New Cairo Misdemeanor Court in the Fifth Settlement sentenced political activist and writer...

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LDSF Calls on Filmmakers to Join the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk’s Appeal Demanding the Immediate Release of Director Omar Salah Marei

June 2, 2026 0

Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) has joined the international appeal launched by the International...

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15-Day Pretrial Detention for Lawyer Mohamed Abu El-Diar and Director Omar Salah; Lawyer Wafaa El-Masry and Dr. Hanan El-Tantawi Released on EGP 50,000 Bail

May 25, 2026 0

The Supreme State Security Prosecution has ordered the pretrial detention of lawyer Mohamed Abu...

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Egyptian Filmmaker Omar Salah Marei Appears Before Prosecutors After Six Days of Enforced Disappearance, Detained for 15 Days

May 17, 2026 0

Egyptian film director and screenwriter Omar Salah Marei appeared on the evening of May...

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Civil Society Organizations Worldwide Call for the Immediate Release of Ahmed Douma

April 8, 2026 0

We, the undersigned civil society organizations from around the world, call on Egyptian authorities...

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Seven cases in less than two years: New summons Ahmed Douma by StateSecurity Prosecution

April 5, 2026 0

The undersigned organizations express their full solidarity with poet and former political prisoner Ahmed...

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