Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Rights groups urge Egyptian government to release imprisoned political activist Mohamed Adel
After having already spent five years in pre-trial detention, Adel was sentenced this week to four years in prison on charges of spreading false news and involvement in an unlawful group, among others
Political prisoners Patrick Zaki and Mohamed el-Baqer are free
Patrick George Zaki had been sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday while Mohamed el-Baqer, the lawyer of Alaa Abdel Fattah, was serving a four-year term. Rights organizations have urged Egypt to free all political prisoners
Egypt’s shortage of doctors reaches new highs
In 2022, over 4,000 doctors in Egypt’s public health system resigned from their jobs as salaries remained low and working conditions exhausting
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