The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders said yesterday that she is following the prison sentences issued against lawyers and human rights activists in Egypt with concern. .
Egypt regularly uses accusations of support or financing of "terrorism" to hold activists and opposition figures as long as possible in pretrial detention
The Emergency State Security Court in Egypt issued prison sentences yesterday ranging from five years to life for dozens of activists in the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms case . T.
CAIRO: A special Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced four veteran human rights activists to prison terms up to 15 years for terrorism, several rights groups said.Mohammed Abu Horayra, a lawyer,.