Tuesday marks 100 days since 68-year-old Laila Soueif started a hunger strike in a plea to the UK government to free her son ...

An Arabic-to-English translator from Wales has won the 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. The ...

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Mr Fattah has spent more than 10 years in prison over two stints, denied by the Egyptian authorities access to the British consulate, despite this being his right as a citizen. The second five ...

“Although there has been some progress with the release of some detainees and the development of a national human rights strategy, Egypt persists in routinely misusing counter-terrorism legislation ...

Federal prosecutors are seeking a 15-year prison term for former New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menéndez following his ...

was an Israeli spy who spent 14 years in an Egyptian prison for his role in the infamous scandal which came to be known as “The Unfortunate Affair”. It led to a political storm regarding who ...

ALBAWABA - Hamo Bika faces two-month prison sentence, sparking debates about music regulations.Following the security ...

Robert Dassa, who has died aged 91, was an Israeli spy who spent 14 years in an Egyptian prison for his role in the infamous scandal which came to be known as “The Unfortunate Affair”.

British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his ...