A picture taken on January 16, 2022 shows the Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in Badr city, 65 kms east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, during a government-guided tour for the media. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images) Law & Accountability Egypt Extended Imprisonment: T…
ECRF Lawyer said that the Court of Administrative Justice (First department – Rights and Freedoms) decided in its May, 30 session to accept ECRF’s appeal to cancel a decision to deprive imprisoned lawyer Ibrahim Metwally of visits. ECRF lawyer added that the Court decided to immediately stop the execution of the decis…
Nyala, August 05 (Darfur24) The families of three detainees from Rahad al-Bardi in South Darfur State have been informed that their relatives died in Daqris prison, a detention facility run by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) west of Nyala, more than a year after they were arrested, according to relativesأكمل القراءة
The undersigned organizations condemn the violations reportedly inflicted on detainees held at Badr 1 Prison, including physical assaults, degrading searches, and the denial of the basic rights of detainees and their families. The organizations express grave concern over reports that force was used against detainees, …
Introduction When we speak about the right to health care and medical treatment in places of detention, we are not referring to a privilege or a form of luxury, but to a right guaranteed under international conventions ratified by Egypt, as well as the Egyptian Constitution and domestic legislation. The right to healt…
Share Facebook Twitter Email WhatsApp The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) published a report titled ‘Have the New Prisons Improved Detainee Conditions?’ The report serves as a form of impact assessment, evaluating whether the establishment of five newly operational prison, Badr 1, Badr 3, Wadi al-Natrun, and 10…
Aug 31, 2025 The undersigned human rights organizations express grave concern over conditions in Badr 3 Prison, east of Cairo, where detainees – most of them prisoners of conscience and political opponents – are subjected to severe abuses that endanger their lives and their physical and psychological well-being. The p…
According to lawyers who spoke to EFHR, the Prison Authority informed the Terrorism Criminal Court convened at the Badr Complex on July 19 that it was unable to transfer dozens of defendants from various prisons, including the Badr prisons, 10th of Ramadan Prison, and Abu Zaabal Prison. This led to the postponement of…
We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply alarmed by the news that Egyptian academic and U.S. lawful permanent resident Dr. Salah Soltan is enduring a potentially life-threatening medical crisis and is at increased risk of sudden death while detained in Egypt’s Badr 1 prison without sufficient medical care. We urg…
july 11, 2025 We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply alarmed by the news that Egyptian academic and U.S. lawful permanent resident Dr. Salah Soltan is enduring a potentially life-threatening medical crisis and is at increased risk of sudden death while detained in Egypt’s Badr 1 prison without sufficient medica…