The Article 55 coalition has released its monthly bulletin for April 2024, in which it documented the latest updates on the human rights, political, and legal situation in Egypt, focusing on the major violations suffered by detainees within the detention centers and prisons.
April developments:
According to the bulletin, less than a week after the beginning of the month, which marked President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s oathtaking for his third and final term, the Supreme State Security Prosecution listed four new defendants to the case known in the media as the “Support for Palestine” case. Additionally, the Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the detention of five individuals for collecting endorsements to establish the Hope Current Party, which was being set up by former presidential candidate Ahmed Al-Tantawi. Security forces also arrested 17 activists who participated in a Gaza and Sudan solidarity protest outside the headquarters of UN Women in Cairo. The activists were forcibly disappeared overnight before appearing before the Supreme State Security Prosecution the next day and being released on bail.
Security forces also arrested labor activist Shady Mohamed in frontApril-2024-Bulletin